Verse 15
Esther 1:15
King James Version
15
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?
Original Language Text
hebrew
כְּ/דָת֙ מַֽה לַּ/עֲשׂ֔וֹת בַּ/מַּלְכָּ֖ה וַשְׁתִּ֑י עַ֣ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא עָשְׂתָ֗ה אֶֽת מַאֲמַר֙ הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ בְּ/יַ֖ד הַ/סָּרִיסִֽים
English Translation
According to the law, what should be done to Queen Vashti for not having done the word of King Ahasuerus by the hand of the eunuchs?
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Chapter 1 Context
1
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this
is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto...
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That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which
was in Shushan t...
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In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of...
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4
When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days,...
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5
And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shu...
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6
Where were white, green, and blue,
hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver...
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7
And they gave
them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal...
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And the drinking
was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the...
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9
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women
in the royal house which
belonged to king Ahasuerus...
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10
On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Ha...
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11
To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes h...
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12
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by
his chamberlains: therefore was th...
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13
Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so
was the king’s manner toward all t...
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14
And the next unto him
was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena,
and Memucan, the sev...
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15
What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandm...
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And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the ki...
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For
this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husban...
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Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king’s princes, which have h...
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If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the la...
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And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it...
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And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
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For he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing ther...
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