1:1 And
it
cometh
to
pass,
in
the
days
of
Ahasuerus--he
[is]
Ahasuerus
who
is
reigning
from
Hodu
even
unto
Cush,
seven
and
twenty
and
a
hundred
provinces--
1:2 in
those
days,
at
the
sitting
of
the
king
Ahasuerus
on
the
throne
of
his
kingdom,
that
[is]
in
Shushan
the
palace,
1:3 in
the
third
year
of
his
reign,
he
hath
made
a
banquet
to
all
his
heads
and
his
servants;
of
the
force
of
Persia
and
Media,
the
chiefs
and
heads
of
the
provinces
[are]
before
him,
1:4 in
his
shewing
the
wealth
of
the
honour
of
his
kingdom,
and
the
glory
of
the
beauty
of
his
greatness,
many
days--eighty
and
a
hundred
days.
1:5 And
at
the
fulness
of
these
days
hath
the
king
made
to
all
the
people
who
are
found
in
Shushan
the
palace,
from
great
even
unto
small,
a
banquet,
seven
days,
in
the
court
of
the
garden
of
the
house
of
the
king--
1:6 white
linen,
white
cotton,
and
blue,
fastened
with
cords
of
fine
linen
and
purple
on
rings
of
silver,
and
pillars
of
marble,
couches
of
gold,
and
of
silver,
on
a
pavement
of
smaragdus,
and
white
marble,
and
mother-of-pearl,
and
black
marble--
1:7 and
the
giving
of
drink
in
vessels
of
gold,
and
the
vessels
[are]
divers
vessels,
and
the
royal
wine
[is]
abundant,
as
a
memorial
of
the
king.
1:8 And
the
drinking
[is]
according
to
law,
none
is
pressing,
for
so
hath
the
king
appointed
for
every
chief
one
of
his
house,
to
do
according
to
the
pleasure
of
man
and
man.
1:9 Also
Vashti
the
queen
hath
made
a
banquet
for
women,
in
the
royal
house
that
the
king
Ahasuerus
hath.
1:10 On
the
seventh
day,
as
the
heart
of
the
king
is
glad
with
wine,
he
hath
said
to
Mehuman,
Biztha,
Harbona,
Bigtha,
and
Abagtha,
Zethar,
and
Carcas,
the
seven
eunuchs
who
are
ministering
in
the
presence
of
the
king
Ahasuerus,
1:11 to
bring
in
Vashti
the
queen
before
the
king,
with
a
royal
crown,
to
shew
the
peoples
and
the
heads
her
beauty,
for
she
[is]
of
good
appearance,
1:12 and
the
queen
Vashti
refuseth
to
come
in
at
the
word
of
the
king
that
[is]
by
the
hand
of
the
eunuchs,
and
the
king
is
very
wroth,
and
his
fury
hath
burned
in
him.
1:13 And
the
king
saith
to
wise
men,
knowing
the
times--for
so
[is]
the
word
of
the
king
before
all
knowing
law
and
judgment,
1:14 and
he
who
is
near
unto
him
[is]
Carshena,
Shethar,
Admatha,
Tarshish,
Meres,
Marsena,
Memucan,
seven
heads
of
Persia
and
Media
seeing
the
face
of
the
king,
who
are
sitting
first
in
the
kingdom--
1:15 `According
to
law,
what--to
do
with
queen
Vashti,
because
that
she
hath
not
done
the
saying
of
the
king
Ahasuerus
by
the
hand
of
the
eunuchs'
1:16 And
Memucan
saith
before
the
king
and
the
heads,
`Not
against
the
king
by
himself
hath
Vashti
the
queen
done
perversely,
but
against
all
the
heads,
and
against
all
the
peoples
that
[are]
in
all
provinces
of
the
king
Ahasuerus;
1:17 for
go
forth
doth
the
word
of
the
queen
unto
all
the
women,
to
render
their
husbands
contemptible
in
their
eyes,
in
their
saying,
The
king
Ahasuerus
said
to
bring
in
Vashti
the
queen
before
him,
and
she
did
not
come;
1:18 yea,
this
day
do
princesses
of
Persia
and
Media,
who
have
heard
the
word
of
the
queen,
say
[so]
to
all
heads
of
the
king,
even
according
to
the
sufficiency
of
contempt
and
wrath.
1:19 `If
to
the
king
[it
be]
good,
there
goeth
forth
a
royal
word
from
before
him,
and
it
is
written
with
the
laws
of
Persia
and
Media,
and
doth
not
pass
away,
that
Vashti
doth
not
come
in
before
the
king
Ahasuerus,
and
her
royalty
doth
the
king
give
to
her
companion
who
[is]
better
than
she;
1:20 and
the
sentence
of
the
king
that
he
maketh
hath
been
heard
in
all
his
kingdom--for
it
[is]
great--and
all
the
wives
give
honour
to
their
husbands,
from
great
even
unto
small.'
1:21 And
the
thing
is
good
in
the
eyes
of
the
king,
and
of
the
princes,
and
the
king
doth
according
to
the
word
of
Memucan,
1:22 and
sendeth
letters
unto
all
provinces
of
the
king,
unto
province
and
province
according
to
its
writing,
and
unto
people
and
people
according
to
its
tongue,
for
every
man
being
head
in
his
own
house--and
speaking
according
to
the
language
of
his
people.
