Esther 1:17

כִּֽי ־ יֵצֵא דְבַר ־ הַמַּלְכָּה עַל ־ כָּל ־ הַנָּשִׁים לְהַבְזוֹת בַּעְלֵיהֶן בְּעֵינֵיהֶן בְּאָמְרָם הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ אָמַר לְהָבִיא אֶת ־ וַשְׁתִּי הַמַּלְכָּה לְפָנָיו וְלֹא ־ בָֽאָה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16וַיֹּאמֶר מומכן לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וְהַשָּׂרִים לֹא עַל ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ לְבַדּוֹ עָוְתָה וַשְׁתִּי הַמַּלְכָּה כִּי עַל ־ כָּל ־ הַשָּׂרִים וְעַל ־ כָּל ־ הָעַמִּים אֲשֶׁר בְּכָל ־ מְדִינוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ ׃

18וְֽהַיּוֹם הַזֶּה תֹּאמַרְנָה ׀ שָׂרוֹת פָּֽרַס ־ וּמָדַי אֲשֶׁר שָֽׁמְעוּ אֶת ־ דְּבַר הַמַּלְכָּה לְכֹל שָׂרֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וּכְדַי בִּזָּיוֹן וָקָֽצֶף ׃

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Matthew Henry on Esther 1:11-22

Vashti's Refusal to Appear; Vashti Divorced. ( b. c. 519.) 10 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, 11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on. 12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains:… Read the whole commentary →

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