1
H3117
Now it came to pass in the days
H325
of Ahasuerus,
H325
(this is Ahasuerus
H4427 [H8802]
who reigned,
H1912
from India
H3568
even to Cush,
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 [H8800]
sat
H3678
on the throne
H4438
of his kingdom,
H7800
which was in Shushan
H1002
the palace,
3
H7969
In the third
H8141
year
H4427 [H8800]
of his reign,
H6213 [H8804]
he made
H4960
a feast
H8269
to 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 at the face of him:
4
H7200 [H8687]
When he showed
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 eighty
H3117
days.
5
H3117
And when these days
H4390 [H8800]
had ended,
H4428
the king
H6213 [H8804]
made
H4960
a feast
H5971
for all the people
H4672 [H8737]
that were present
H7800
in Shushan
H1002
the palace,
H1419
both for 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 [H8803]
hangings, fastened
H2256
with cords
H948
of fine linen
H713
and purple
H3701
to silver
H1550
rings
H5982
and pillars
H8336
of marble:
H4296
the couches
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 [H8687]
And they gave them drink
H3627
in vessels
H2091
of gold,
H3627
(the vessels
H8138 [H8802]
differing
H3627
one from another,
H4438
) and royal
H3196
wine
H7227
in abundance,
H3027
according to the bounty
H4428
of the king.
8
H8360
And the drinking
H1881
was according to the law;
H597 [H8802]
none constrained:
H4428
for so the king
H3245 [H8765]
had appointed
H7227
to all the officers
H1004
of his house,
H6213 [H8800]
that they should do
H376
according to every man's
H7522
pleasure.
9
H2060
Also Vashti
H4436
the queen
H6213 [H8804]
made
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 [H8804]
he commanded
H4104
Mehuman,
H968
Biztha,
H2726
Harbona,
H903
Bigtha,
H5
and Abagtha,
H2242
Zethar,
H3752
and Carcas,
H7651
the seven
H5631
chamberlains
H8334 [H8764]
that served
H6440
in the face
H325
of Ahasuerus
H4428
the king,
11
H935 [H8687]
To bring
H2060
Vashti
H4436
the queen
H6440
at the face of
H4428
the king
H3804
with the crown
H4438
royal,
H7200 [H8687]
to show
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 [H8762]
refused
H935 [H8800]
to come
H4428
at the king's
H1697
commandment
H3027
by
H5631
his chamberlains:
H4428
therefore was the king
H3966
very
H7107 [H8799]
angry,
H2534
and his anger
H1197 [H8804]
burned in him.
13
H4428
Then the king
H559 [H8799]
said
H2450
to the wise men,
H3045 [H8802]
who knew
H6256
the times,
H4428
(for so was the king's
H1697
manner
H6440
toward
H3045 [H8802]
all that knew
H1881
law
H1779
and judgment:
14
H7138
And the next
H3771
to 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 [H8802]
who saw
H4428
the king's
H6440
face,
H3427 [H8802]
and who sat
H7223
in the first place
H4438
in the kingdom;)
15
H6213 [H8800]
What shall we do
H4436
to the queen
H2060
Vashti
H1881
according to law,
H6213 [H8804]
because she hath not performed
H3982
the commandment
H4428
of the king
H325
Ahasuerus
H3027
by
H5631
the chamberlains?
16
H4462
And Memucan
H559 [H8799]
answered
H6440
at the face of
H4428
the king
H8269
and the princes,
H2060
Vashti
H4436
the queen
H5753 [H8804]
hath not done perversity
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 [H8799]
shall become known
H802
to all women,
H5869
so that they shall look
H959 [H8687]
with disesteem upon
H1167
their husbands,
H559 [H8800]
when it shall be reported,
H4428
The king
H325
Ahasuerus
H559 [H8804]
commanded
H2060
Vashti
H4436
the queen
H935 [H8687]
to be brought in
H6440
at the face of
H935 [H8804]
him, but she came not.
18
H8282
Likewise shall the ladies
H6539
of Persia
H4074
and Media
H559 [H8799]
say
H3117
this day
H4428
to all the king's
H8269
princes,
H8085 [H8804]
who have heard
H1697
of the deed
H4436
of the queen.
H1767
Thus shall there arise too much
H963
disesteem
H7110
and splintering rage.
19
H2895 [H8804]
If it pleaseth
H4428
the king,
H4438
let a royal
H1697
commandment
H3318 [H8799]
go
H6440
from him,
H3789 [H8735]
and let it be written
H1881
among the laws
H6539
of the Persians
H4074
and the Medes,
H5674 [H8799]
that it be not altered,
H2060
That Vashti
H935 [H8799]
come
H6440
no more at the face of
H4428
king
H325
Ahasuerus;
H4428
and let the king
H5414 [H8799]
give
H4438
her royal estate
H7468
to another
H2896
that is better than she.
20
H4428
And when the king's
H6599
decree
H6213 [H8799]
which he shall make
H8085 [H8738]
shall be proclaimed
H4438
throughout all his empire,
H7227
(for it is great,
H802
) all the wives
H5414 [H8799]
shall give
H1167
to their husbands
H3366
honour,
H1419
both to great
H6996
and small.
21
H1697
And the saying
H3190 H5869 [H8799]
pleased
H4428
the king
H8269
and the princes;
H4428
and the king
H6213 [H8799]
did
H1697
according to the word
H4462
of Memucan:
22
H7971 [H8799]
For he sent
H5612
letters
H4428
into all the king's
H4082
provinces,
H4082
into every province
H3791
according to the writing
H5971
of it, and to every people
H3956
after their language,
H376
that every man
H8323 [H8802]
should bear rule
H1004
in his own house,
H1696 [H8764]
and that it should be proclaimed
H3956
in the language
H5971
of every people.