15 “What shall we do to Queen Vashti, according to law, because she did not obey the command of King Ahasuerus brought to her by the eunuchs?”
16 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes: “Queen Vashti has not only wronged the king, but also all the princes, and all the people who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.
17 For the queen’s behavior will become known to all women, so that they will adespise their husbands in their eyes, when they report, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought in before him, but she did not come.’
18 This very day the noble ladies of Persia and Media will say to all the king’s officials that they have heard of the behavior of the queen. Thus there will be excessive contempt and wrath.
19 If it pleases the king, let a royal1 decree go out from him, and let it be recorded in the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it will anot be altered, that Vashti shall come no more before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Topical Studies for Esther 1:17:
Ahasuerus {Nave's Topical Bible}
King {Forerunner Commentary}
King {Nave's Topical Bible}
Queen {Nave's Topical Bible}
So {Nave's Topical Bible}
Vashti {Nave's Topical Bible}
Will {Forerunner Commentary}
Will {Nave's Topical Bible}
Women {Nave's Topical Bible}
Husbands {Torrey's Topical Textbook}
Behavior {Forerunner Commentary}
Despise {Forerunner Commentary}
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