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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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King James Version
This
is
what
happened
in the days of Xerxes
, who
reigned over
127
provinces
from India to
Cush.
Now
it
came
to
pass
in the days of Ahasuerus
, (this
is
Ahasuerus
which
reigned ,
from India even
unto
Ethiopia,
over
an
hundred
and
seven
and
twenty
provinces:)
In those days King Xerxes
sat on his
royal
throne in the citadel
of
Susa.
That
in those days ,
when
the
king Ahasuerus
sat on the
throne of
his
kingdom,
which
was
in Shushan
the palace,
In the third year of his reign, Xerxes
held
a feast for
all his officials
and servants .
The military
leaders
of Persia and Media were
there
, along
with
the nobles and princes of the provinces .
In the third year of his reign, he
made
a feast unto
all his princes
and his
servants ;
the power
of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces ,
being
before
him:
And
for
a
full
180
days
he displayed
the glorious
riches of his kingdom and the magnificent
splendor
of his greatness
.
When
he shewed
the riches of his glorious
kingdom and the honour
of his excellent
majesty
many
days,
even
an
hundred
and
fourscore
days
.
At
the
end
of
this
time,
in
the
garden
court
of
the
royal
palace
, the king held
a seven-day
feast for
all the people in the citadel
of
Susa
, from
the least
to
the greatest.
And
when
these
days
were
expired
, the king made
a feast unto
all the people that
were
present
in Shushan
the palace
, both
unto
great
and
small,
seven
days,
in
the court
of
the garden
of
the
king's
palace;
Hangings
of
white and blue linen
were
fastened with cords of fine white
and purple material
to silver rings on
the
marble
pillars .
Gold and silver couches
were
arranged
on
a mosaic
pavement of porphyry
, marble
, mother-of-pearl
, and other
costly
stones
.
Where
were
white ,
green,
and blue ,
hangings,
fastened with cords of fine linen
and purple to silver rings and
pillars of
marble:
the
beds
were
of
gold and silver ,
upon
a pavement of red
, and
blue
, and
white
, and black,
marble
.
Beverages
were
served
in an
array
of
goblets
of gold, each
with
a
different
design
, and the
royal wine flowed
freely
, according to the king’s
bounty
.
And
they
gave
them
drink
in vessels
of gold, (the
vessels
being
diverse
one
from
another
, )
and royal wine in
abundance
, according to the state
of
the
king
.
By
order
of
the king,
no
limit
was placed
on
the drinking,
and
every
official
of his household
was
to serve
each
man
whatever
he
desired
.
And
the drinking
was according
to
the law;
none
did
compel:
for
so
the
king
had
appointed
to
all
the
officers
of his house,
that
they
should
do
according
to every
man's
pleasure
.
Queen
Vashti
also gave
a banquet
for the women in the royal palace
of
King Xerxes
.
Also Vashti
the
queen
made
a feast
for the women in the royal house
which
belonged
to
king Ahasuerus
.
On the seventh day, when the king’s
heart was merry with wine, he ordered
the
seven
eunuchs
who
served
him—
Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas—
On the seventh day, when the heart of
the
king
was merry with wine, he commanded
Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and
Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas,
the
seven
chamberlains
that
served
in
the
presence
of
Ahasuerus
the
king,
to bring Queen
Vashti before him,
wearing
her
royal
crown, to display
her
beauty
to
the people and officials.
For she was beautiful
to behold
.
To bring Vashti the
queen
before the
king
with
the
crown royal
, to shew
the people and the
princes
her
beauty:
for she was fair
to look
on
.
Queen Vashti ,
however,
refused to come at the king’s
command
brought
by his eunuchs.
And
the king became
furious
, and his anger burned within
him.
But
the
queen Vashti refused to come at the king's
commandment
by his chamberlains:
therefore
was
the king very
wroth
, and his anger burned in
him.
Then the king consulted
the wise men who
knew the times, for it
was customary
for
him
to
confer
with
the experts
in
law and justice.
Then the king said
to
the wise men ,
which
knew the times, (
for so
was the king's
manner
toward
all
that
knew
law and judgment:
His
closest
advisors
were
Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who
had
personal
access
to
the king
and ranked
highest
in the kingdom .
And
the
next
unto
him
was
Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media ,
which
saw
the king's
face,
and which
sat
the
first
in the kingdom ;)
“According
to
law,”
he
asked,
“
what should
be
done
with
Queen Vashti, since
she refused
to
obey
the command
of King Xerxes
delivered
by the eunuchs
? ”
What shall
we
do
unto
the
queen Vashti according
to
law
, because
she hath
not
performed
the commandment
of the
king Ahasuerus
by the chamberlains
?
And in
the
presence
of
the king and his
princes, Memucan
replied,
“Queen
Vashti has
wronged
not only
the king, but all the princes and the peoples
in all the provinces of King Xerxes
.
And Memucan
answered
before
the king and the
princes, Vashti the
queen
hath
not done
wrong
to
the king only
, but also
to
all the princes ,
and to
all
the people
that
are
in all the provinces of the
king Ahasuerus
.
For the
conduct
of the queen will
become
known
to
all women, causing
them
to
despise their husbands and
say
, ‘
King Xerxes
ordered
Queen
Vashti to be brought before him, but she did
not come
. ’
For this
deed
of the queen shall
come
abroad
unto
all women, so
that
they
shall
despise their husbands in
their
eyes
, when
it
shall
be
reported,
The
king Ahasuerus
commanded
Vashti the
queen
to be brought in
before him, but she came
not.
This
very
day
the noble
women
of Persia and Media who
have
heard
about
the
queen’s
conduct
will
say the
same
thing
to
all the king’s
officials
, resulting
in
much contempt and wrath.
Likewise
shall
the ladies
of Persia and Media say this
day
unto
all the king's
princes
, which
have
heard
of
the
deed
of
the
queen.
Thus
shall
there
arise
too
much contempt and wrath.
So
if it pleases
the king, let him
issue
a royal decree
, and let it be recorded
in
the laws of Persia
and Media
so
that it cannot
be repealed
, that Vashti shall
never
again
enter
the
presence
of
King Xerxes,
and that
her royal position
shall
be
given
to
a
woman
better than she.
If it please
the king, let there
go
a royal commandment
from
him
, and let it be written
among
the laws of the
Persians
and the
Medes,
that it be not
altered
, That Vashti come
no
more
before
king Ahasuerus;
and let
the
king
give
her royal estate
unto
another
that
is
better than she.
The
edict
the king
issues
will
be heard
throughout his
vast
kingdom—and
so
all women
, from
the least
to the
greatest,
will
honor
their husbands. ”
And
when
the king's
decree
which
he
shall
make
shall
be published
throughout all his
empire
, (for
it
is
great,)
all
the wives
shall
give
to their husbands honour,
both
to
great
and
small
.
The king and his
princes were
pleased
with
this
counsel
; so
the king did as
Memucan had
advised.
And
the saying
pleased
the
king and the
princes; and
the king did according
to
the
word
of
Memucan :
He sent letters to
all the provinces of
the
kingdom
, to
each
province in
its
own
script
and to each
people in
their own
language, proclaiming
that every man should be
master
of
his own household
.
For
he sent letters into
all the king's
provinces, into
every
province according
to
the
writing
thereof,
and to every
people after
their language, that every man should bear
rule
in
his own house,
and
that
it
should
be
published
according
to
the
language
of
every
people
.
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