KJV_Strongs(i)
1
H3117
Now it came to pass in the days
H325
of Ahasuerus
H325
, (this is Ahasuerus
H4427
which reigned
[H8802]
H1912
, from India
H3568
even unto Ethiopia
H3967
, over an hundred
H7651
and seven
H6242
and twenty
H4082
provinces:)
2
H3117
That in those days
H4428
, when the king
H325
Ahasuerus
H3427
sat
[H8800]
H3678
on the throne
H4438
of his kingdom
H7800
, which was in Shushan
H1002
the palace,
3
H7969
In the third
H8141
year
H4427
of his reign
[H8800]
H6213
, he made
[H8804]
H4960
a feast
H8269
unto all his princes
H5650
and his servants
H2428
; the power
H6539
of Persia
H4074
and Media
H6579
, the nobles
H8269
and princes
H4082
of the provinces
H6440
, being before him:
4
H7200
When he shewed
[H8687]
H6239
the riches
H3519
of his glorious
H4438
kingdom
H3366
and the honour
H8597
of his excellent
H1420
majesty
H7227
many
H3117
days
H3967
, even an hundred
H8084
and fourscore
H3117
days.
5
H3117
And when these days
H4390
were expired
[H8800]
H4428
, the king
H6213
made
[H8804]
H4960
a feast
H5971
unto all the people
H4672
that were present
[H8737]
H7800
in Shushan
H1002
the palace
H1419
, both unto great
H6996
and small
H7651
, seven
H3117
days
H2691
, in the court
H1594
of the garden
H4428
of the king's
H1055
palace;
6
H2353
Where were white
H3768
, green
H8504
, and blue
H270
, hangings, fastened
[H8803]
H2256
with cords
H948
of fine linen
H713
and purple
H3701
to silver
H1550
rings
H5982
and pillars
H8336
of marble
H4296
: the beds
H2091
were of gold
H3701
and silver
H7531
, upon a pavement
H923
of red
H8504
, and blue
H1858
, and white
H5508
, and black
H8336
, marble.
7
H8248
And they gave them drink
[H8687]
H3627
in vessels
H2091
of gold
H3627
, (the vessels
H8138
being diverse
[H8802]
H3627
one from another
H4438
,) and royal
H3196
wine
H7227
in abundance
H3027
, according to the state
H4428
of the king.
8
H8360
And the drinking
H1881
was according to the law
H597
; none did compel
[H8802]
H4428
: for so the king
H3245
had appointed
[H8765]
H7227
to all the officers
H1004
of his house
H6213
, that they should do
[H8800]
H376
according to every man's
H7522
pleasure.
9
H2060
Also Vashti
H4436
the queen
H6213
made
[H8804]
H4960
a feast
H802
for the women
H4438
in the royal
H1004
house
H4428
which belonged to king
H325
Ahasuerus.
10
H7637
On the seventh
H3117
day
H3820
, when the heart
H4428
of the king
H2896
was merry
H3196
with wine
H559
, he commanded
[H8804]
H4104
Mehuman
H968
, Biztha
H2726
, Harbona
H903
, Bigtha
H5
, and Abagtha
H2242
, Zethar
H3752
, and Carcas
H7651
, the seven
H5631
chamberlains
H8334
that served
[H8764]
H6440
in the presence
H325
of Ahasuerus
H4428
the king,
11
H935
To bring
[H8687]
H2060
Vashti
H4436
the queen
H6440
before
H4428
the king
H3804
with the crown
H4438
royal
H7200
, to shew
[H8687]
H5971
the people
H8269
and the princes
H3308
her beauty
H2896
: for she was fair
H4758
to look on.
12
H4436
But the queen
H2060
Vashti
H3985
refused
[H8762]
H935
to come
[H8800]
H4428
at the king's
H1697
commandment
H3027
by
H5631
his chamberlains
H4428
: therefore was the king
H3966
very
H7107
wroth
[H8799]
H2534
, and his anger
H1197
burned
[H8804]
in him.
13
H4428
Then the king
H559
said
[H8799]
H2450
to the wise men
H3045
, which knew
[H8802]
H6256
the times
H4428
, (for so was the king's
H1697
manner
H6440
toward
H3045
all that knew
[H8802]
H1881
law
H1779
and judgment:
14
H7138
And the next
H3771
unto him was Carshena
H8369
, Shethar
H133
, Admatha
H8659
, Tarshish
H4825
, Meres
H4826
, Marsena
H4462
, and Memucan
H7651
, the seven
H8269
princes
H6539
of Persia
H4074
and Media
H7200
, which saw
[H8802]
H4428
the king's
H6440
face
H3427
, and which sat
[H8802]
H7223
the first
H4438
in the kingdom;)
15
H6213
What shall we do
[H8800]
H4436
unto the queen
H2060
Vashti
H1881
according to law
H6213
, because she hath not performed
[H8804]
H3982
the commandment
H4428
of the king
H325
Ahasuerus
H3027
by
H5631
the chamberlains?
16
H4462
And Memucan
H559
answered
[H8799]
H6440
before
H4428
the king
H8269
and the princes
H2060
, Vashti
H4436
the queen
H5753
hath not done wrong
[H8804]
H4428
to the king
H8269
only, but also to all the princes
H5971
, and to all the people
H4082
that are in all the provinces
H4428
of the king
H325
Ahasuerus.
17
H1697
For this deed
H4436
of the queen
H3318
shall come abroad
[H8799]
H802
unto all women
H959
, so that they shall despise
[H8687]
H1167
their husbands
H5869
in their eyes
H559
, when it shall be reported
[H8800]
H4428
, The king
H325
Ahasuerus
H559
commanded
[H8804]
H2060
Vashti
H4436
the queen
H935
to be brought in
[H8687]
H6440
before
H935
him, but she came
[H8804]
not.
18
H8282
Likewise shall the ladies
H6539
of Persia
H4074
and Media
H559
say
[H8799]
H3117
this day
H4428
unto all the king's
H8269
princes
H8085
, which have heard
[H8804]
H1697
of the deed
H4436
of the queen
H1767
. Thus shall there arise too much
H963
contempt
H7110
and wrath.
19
H2895
If it please
[H8804]
H4428
the king
H3318
, let there go
[H8799]
H4438
a royal
H1697
commandment
H6440
from him
H3789
, and let it be written
[H8735]
H1881
among the laws
H6539
of the Persians
H4074
and the Medes
H5674
, that it be not altered
[H8799]
H2060
, That Vashti
H935
come
[H8799]
H6440
no more before
H4428
king
H325
Ahasuerus
H4428
; and let the king
H5414
give
[H8799]
H4438
her royal estate
H7468
unto another
H2896
that is better than she.
20
H4428
And when the king's
H6599
decree
H6213
which he shall make
[H8799]
H8085
shall be published
[H8738]
H4438
throughout all his empire
H7227
, (for it is great
H802
,) all the wives
H5414
shall give
[H8799]
H1167
to their husbands
H3366
honour
H1419
, both to great
H6996
and small.
21
H1697
And the saying
H3190
pleased
[H8799]
H5869
H4428
the king
H8269
and the princes
H4428
; and the king
H6213
did
[H8799]
H1697
according to the word
H4462
of Memucan:
22
H7971
For he sent
[H8799]
H5612
letters
H4428
into all the king's
H4082
provinces
H4082
, into every province
H3791
according to the writing
H5971
thereof, and to every people
H3956
after their language
H376
, that every man
H8323
should bear rule
[H8802]
H1004
in his own house
H1696
, and that it should be published
[H8764]
H3956
according to the language
H5971
of every people.