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<a href="../proverbs/1.htm">Proverbs 1:1-7</a>; <a href="../proverbs/9.htm">Proverbs 9:1-12</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (that is, the Ahasuerus that reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces), <span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the fortress, <span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of the provinces being before him; <span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>when he shewed the glorious wealth of his kingdom and the splendid magnificence of his grandeur many days, a hundred and eighty days.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And when these days were expired, the king made a feast to all the people that were present in Shushan the fortress, both to great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace. <span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>White, green, and blue [hangings] were fastened with cords of byssus and purple to silver rings and pillars of white marble; couches of gold and silver [lay] upon a pavement of red and white marble, and alabaster, and black marble. <span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And they gave drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the king's bounty. <span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And the drinking was, according to commandment, without constraint; for so the king had appointed to all the magnates of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. <span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Also the queen Vashti made a feast for the women of the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.</p> <p class="hdg">Queen Vashti's Refusal</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>On the seventh day, when the king's heart was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of king Ahasuerus, <span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown to shew the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was of beautiful countenance. <span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But the queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king which was [sent] by the chamberlains; and the king was very wroth, and his fury burned in him.</p> <p class="hdg">Queen Vashti Deposed</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for so was the king's business [conducted] before all that knew law and judgment; <span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and the next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, [and] Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and who sat first in the kingdom), <span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>What shall be done to the queen Vashti according to law, because she has not performed the word of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains? <span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then said Memucan before the king and the princes, The queen Vashti has not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For the act of the queen will come abroad to all women, so as to render their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when they shall say, The king Ahasuerus commanded the queen Vashti to be brought in before him, and she came not! <span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's act, will say it this day to all the king's princes, and there will be contempt and anger enough. <span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>If it please the king, let a royal order go forth from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it may not pass, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another that is better than she; <span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and when the king's edict which he shall make shall be heard throughout his realm -- for it is great -- all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, from the greatest to the least.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language, That every man should bear rule in his own house, and should speak according to the language of his people.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Darby Bible Translation<br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="//intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../nehemiah/13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nehemiah 13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../esther/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Esther 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Esther 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/esther/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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