1Now it came to pass in the daysof Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasueruswhich reigned, from Indiaeven unto Ethiopia, over an hundredand sevenand twentyprovinces:) 2 That in those days, when the kingAhasuerussaton the throneof his kingdom, which was in Shushanthe palace,
3In the thirdyearof his reign, he madea feastunto all his princesand his servants; the powerof Persiaand Media, the noblesand princesof the provinces, being before him: 4When he shewedthe richesof his gloriouskingdomand the honourof his excellentmajestymanydays, even an hundredand fourscoredays.
5And when these dayswere expired, the kingmadea feastunto all the peoplethat were presentin Shushanthe palace, both unto greatand small, sevendays, in the courtof the gardenof the king’spalace; 6 Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastenedwith cordsof fine linenand purpleto silverringsand pillarsof marble: the beds were of goldand silver, upon a pavementof red, and blue, and white, and black, marble. 7 And they gave them drinkin vesselsof gold, ( the vesselsbeing diverseone from another,) and royalwinein abundance, according to the stateof the king. 8And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the kinghad appointedto all the officersof his house, that they should doaccording to every man’spleasure.
9Also Vashtithe queenmadea feastfor the women in the royalhouse which belonged to kingAhasuerus. 10On the seventhday, when the heartof the kingwas merrywith wine, he commandedMehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the sevenchamberlainsthat servedin the presenceof Ahasuerusthe king, 11To bringVashtithe queenbeforethe kingwith the crownroyal, to shewthe peopleand the princesher beauty: for she was fairto look on.
12But the queenVashtirefusedto comeat the king’scommandmentby his chamberlains: therefore was the kingverywroth, and his angerburned in him. 13Then the kingsaidto the wise men, which knewthe times, (for so was the king’smannertowardall that knewlawand judgment: 14And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the sevenprincesof Persiaand Media, which sawthe king’sface, and which satthe firstin the kingdom;) 15What shall we dounto the queenVashtiaccording to law, because she hath not performedthe commandmentof the kingAhasuerusbythe chamberlains? 16And Memucanansweredbeforethe kingand the princes, Vashtithe queenhath not done wrongto the kingonly, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provincesof the kingAhasuerus. 17 For this deedof the queenshall come abroadunto all women, so that they shall despisetheir husbandsin their eyes, when it shall be reported, The kingAhasueruscommandedVashtithe queento be brought inbeforehim, but she came not. 18 Likewise shall the ladiesof Persiaand Mediasaythis dayunto all the king’sprinces, which have heardof the deedof the queen. Thus shall there arise too muchcontemptand wrath. 19If it pleasethe king, let there goa royalcommandmentfrom him, and let it be writtenamong the lawsof the Persiansand the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashticomeno more beforekingAhasuerus; and let the kinggiveher royal estateunto anotherthat is better than she. 20And when the king’sdecreewhich he shall makeshall be publishedthroughout all his empire, ( for it is great,) all the wivesshall giveto their husbandshonour, both to greatand small.
21And the sayingpleased the kingand the princes; and the kingdidaccording to the wordof Memucan: 22For he sentlettersinto all the king’sprovinces, into every provinceaccording to the writingthereof, and to every peopleafter their language, that every manshould bear rulein his own house, and that it should be publishedaccording to the languageof every people.
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