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[1]Now it came to pass in the daysH3117 of AhasuerusH325, (this is AhasuerusH325 which reignedH4427[H8802], from IndiaH1912 even unto EthiopiaH3568, over an hundredH3967 and sevenH7651 and twentyH6242 provincesH4082:)
[2]That in those daysH3117, when the kingH4428 AhasuerusH325 satH3427[H8800] on the throneH3678 of his kingdomH4438, which was in ShushanH7800 the palaceH1002,
[3]In the thirdH7969 yearH8141 of his reignH4427[H8800], he madeH6213[H8804] a feastH4960 unto all his princesH8269 and his servantsH5650; the powerH2428 of PersiaH6539 and MediaH4074, the noblesH6579 and princesH8269 of the provincesH4082, being before himH6440:
[4]When he shewedH7200[H8687] the richesH6239 of his gloriousH3519 kingdomH4438 and the honourH3366 of his excellentH8597 majestyH1420 manyH7227 daysH3117, even an hundredH3967 and fourscoreH8084 daysH3117.
[5]And when these daysH3117 were expiredH4390[H8800], the kingH4428 madeH6213[H8804] a feastH4960 unto all the peopleH5971 that were presentH4672[H8737] in ShushanH7800 the palaceH1002, both unto greatH1419 and smallH6996, sevenH7651 daysH3117, in the courtH2691 of the gardenH1594 of the king'sH4428 palaceH1055;
[6]Where were whiteH2353, greenH3768, and blueH8504, hangings, fastenedH270[H8803] with cordsH2256 of fine linenH948 and purpleH713 to silverH3701 ringsH1550 and pillarsH5982 of marbleH8336: the bedsH4296 were of goldH2091 and silverH3701, upon a pavementH7531 of redH923, and blueH8504, and whiteH1858, and blackH5508, marbleH8336.
[7]And they gave them drinkH8248[H8687] in vesselsH3627 of goldH2091, (the vesselsH3627 being diverseH8138[H8802] one from anotherH3627,) and royalH4438 wineH3196 in abundanceH7227, according to the stateH3027 of the kingH4428.
[8]And the drinkingH8360 was according to the lawH1881; none did compelH597[H8802]: for so the kingH4428 had appointedH3245[H8765] to all the officersH7227 of his houseH1004, that they should doH6213[H8800] according to every man'sH376 pleasureH7522.
[9]Also VashtiH2060 the queenH4436 madeH6213[H8804] a feastH4960 for the womenH802 in the royalH4438 houseH1004 which belonged to kingH4428 AhasuerusH325.
[10]On the seventhH7637 dayH3117, when the heartH3820 of the kingH4428 was merryH2896 with wineH3196, he commandedH559[H8804] MehumanH4104, BizthaH968, HarbonaH2726, BigthaH903, and AbagthaH5, ZetharH2242, and CarcasH3752, the sevenH7651 chamberlainsH5631 that servedH8334[H8764] in the presenceH6440 of AhasuerusH325 the kingH4428,
[11]To bringH935[H8687] VashtiH2060 the queenH4436 beforeH6440 the kingH4428 with the crownH3804 royalH4438, to shewH7200[H8687] the peopleH5971 and the princesH8269 her beautyH3308: for she was fairH2896 to look onH4758.
[12]But the queenH4436 VashtiH2060 refusedH3985[H8762] to comeH935[H8800] at the king'sH4428 commandmentH1697 byH3027 his chamberlainsH5631: therefore was the kingH4428 veryH3966 wrothH7107[H8799], and his angerH2534 burnedH1197 in himH8804.
[13]Then the kingH4428 saidH559[H8799] to the wise menH2450, which knewH3045[H8802] the timesH6256, (for so was the king'sH4428 mannerH1697 towardH6440 all that knewH3045[H8802] lawH1881 and judgmentH1779:
[14]And the nextH7138 unto him was CarshenaH3771, ShetharH8369, AdmathaH133, TarshishH8659, MeresH4825, MarsenaH4826, and MemucanH4462, the sevenH7651 princesH8269 of PersiaH6539 and MediaH4074, which sawH7200[H8802] the king'sH4428 faceH6440, and which satH3427[H8802] the firstH7223 in the kingdomH4438;)
[15]What shall we doH6213[H8800] unto the queenH4436 VashtiH2060 according to lawH1881, because she hath not performedH6213[H8804] the commandmentH3982 of the kingH4428 AhasuerusH325 byH3027 the chamberlainsH5631?
[16]And MemucanH4462 answeredH559[H8799] beforeH6440 the kingH4428 and the princesH8269, VashtiH2060 the queenH4436 hath not done wrongH5753[H8804] to the kingH4428 only, but also to all the princesH8269, and to all the peopleH5971 that are in all the provincesH4082 of the kingH4428 AhasuerusH325.
[17]For this deedH1697 of the queenH4436 shall come abroadH3318[H8799] unto all womenH802, so that they shall despiseH959[H8687] their husbandsH1167 in their eyesH5869, when it shall be reportedH559[H8800], The kingH4428 AhasuerusH325 commandedH559[H8804] VashtiH2060 the queenH4436 to be brought inH935[H8687] beforeH6440 him, but she cameH935 notH8804.
[18]Likewise shall the ladiesH8282 of PersiaH6539 and MediaH4074 sayH559[H8799] this dayH3117 unto all the king'sH4428 princesH8269, which have heardH8085[H8804] of the deedH1697 of the queenH4436. Thus shall there arise too muchH1767 contemptH963 and wrathH7110.
[19]If it pleaseH2895[H8804] the kingH4428, let there goH3318[H8799] a royalH4438 commandmentH1697 from himH6440, and let it be writtenH3789[H8735] among the lawsH1881 of the PersiansH6539 and the MedesH4074, that it be not alteredH5674[H8799], That VashtiH2060 comeH935[H8799] no more beforeH6440 kingH4428 AhasuerusH325; and let the kingH4428 giveH5414[H8799] her royal estateH4438 unto anotherH7468 that is better than sheH2896.
[20]And when the king'sH4428 decreeH6599 which he shall makeH6213[H8799] shall be publishedH8085[H8738] throughout all his empireH4438, (for it is greatH7227,) all the wivesH802 shall giveH5414[H8799] to their husbandsH1167 honourH3366, both to greatH1419 and smallH6996.
[21]And the sayingH1697 pleasedH3190[H8799][H5869] the kingH4428 and the princesH8269; and the kingH4428 didH6213[H8799] according to the wordH1697 of MemucanH4462:
[22]For he sentH7971[H8799] lettersH5612 into all the king'sH4428 provincesH4082, into every provinceH4082 according to the writingH3791 thereof, and to every peopleH5971 after their languageH3956, that every manH376 should bear ruleH8323[H8802] in his own houseH1004, and that it should be publishedH1696[H8764] according to the languageH3956 of every peopleH5971.
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