Verse 1
After{H310} these things,{H1697} when the wrath{H2534} of king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325} was pacified,{H7918} he remembered{H2142} Vashti,{H2060} and what she had done,{H6213} and what was decreed{H1504} against her.
Referenced Verses
- Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged{H8518} Haman{H2001} on the gallows{H6086} that he had prepared{H3559} for Mordecai.{H4782} Then was the king's{H4428} wrath{H2534} pacified.{H7918}
- Dan 6:14-18 : 14 Then{H116} the king,{H4430} when he heard{H8086} these words,{H4406} was sore{H7690} displeased,{H888} and set{H7761} his heart{H1079} on{H5922} Daniel{H1841} to deliver{H7804} him; and he labored{H1934} till{H5705} the going down{H4606} of the sun{H8122} to rescue{H5338} him. 15 Then{H116} these{H479} men{H1400} assembled{H7284} together unto{H5922} the king,{H4430} and said{H560} unto the king,{H4430} Know,{H3046} O king,{H4430} that it is a law{H1882} of the Medes{H4076} and Persians,{H6540} that no{H3606} interdict{H633} nor statute{H7010} which the king{H4430} establisheth{H6966} may be changed.{H8133} 16 Then{H116} the king{H4430} commanded,{H560} and they brought{H858} Daniel,{H1841} and cast{H7412} him into the den{H1358} of lions.{H744} [Now] the king{H4430} spake{H6032} and said{H560} unto Daniel,{H1841} Thy God{H426} whom thou{H607} servest{H6399} continually,{H8411} he will deliver{H7804} thee. 17 And a{H2298} stone{H69} was brought,{H858} and laid{H7761} upon{H5922} the mouth{H6433} of the den;{H1358} and the king{H4430} sealed{H2857} it with his own signet,{H5824} and with the signet{H5824} of his lords;{H7261} that nothing{H3809} might be changed{H8133} concerning{H6640} Daniel.{H1841} 18 Then{H116} the king{H4430} went{H236} to his palace,{H1965} and passed the night{H956} fasting;{H2908} neither{H3809} were instruments{H1761} of music brought{H5954} before{H6925} him: and his sleep{H8139} fled{H5075} from him.{H5922}
- Esth 1:12-21 : 12 But the queen{H4436} Vashti{H2060} refused{H3985} to come{H935} at the king's{H4428} commandment{H1697} by{H3027} the chamberlains:{H5631} therefore was the king{H4428} very{H3966} wroth,{H7107} and his anger{H2534} burned{H1197} in him. 13 Then the king{H4428} said{H559} to the wise men,{H2450} who knew{H3045} the times,{H6256} (for so was the king's{H4428} manner{H1697} toward{H6440} all that knew{H3045} law{H1881} and judgment;{H1779} 14 and the next{H7138} unto him were Carshena,{H3771} Shethar,{H8369} Admatha,{H133} Tarshish,{H8659} Meres,{H4825} Marsena,{H4826} and Memucan,{H4462} the seven{H7651} princes{H8269} of Persia{H6539} and Media,{H4074} who saw{H7200} the king's{H4428} face,{H6440} and sat{H3427} first{H7223} in the kingdom),{H4438} 15 What shall we do{H6213} unto the queen{H4436} Vashti{H2060} according to law,{H1881} because she hath not done{H6213} the bidding{H3982} of the king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325} by{H3027} the chamberlains?{H5631} 16 And Memucan{H4462} answered{H559} before{H6440} the king{H4428} and the princes,{H8269} Vashti{H2060} the queen{H4436} hath not done wrong{H5753} to the king{H4428} only, but also to all the princes,{H8269} and to all the peoples{H5971} that are in all the provinces{H4082} of the king{H4428} Ahasuerus.{H325} 17 For this deed{H1697} of the queen{H4436} will come abroad{H3318} unto all women,{H802} to make their husbands{H1167} contemptible{H959} in their eyes,{H5869} when it shall be reported,{H559} The king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325} commanded{H559} Vashti{H2060} the queen{H4436} to be brought in{H935} before{H6440} him, but she came{H935} not. 18 And this day{H3117} will the princesses{H8282} of Persia{H6539} and Media{H4074} who have heard{H8085} of the deed{H1697} of the queen{H4436} say{H559} [the like] unto all the king's{H4428} princes.{H8269} So [will there arise] much{H1767} contempt{H963} and wrath.{H7110} 19 If it please{H2895} the king,{H4428} let there go{H3318} forth a royal{H4438} commandment{H1697} from him,{H6440} and let it be written{H3789} among the laws{H1881} of the Persians{H6539} and the Medes,{H4074} that it be not altered,{H5674} that Vashti{H2060} come{H935} no more before{H6440} king{H4428} Ahasuerus;{H325} and let the king{H4428} give{H5414} her royal estate{H4438} unto another{H7468} that is better{H2896} than she. 20 And when the king's{H4428} decree{H6599} which he shall make{H6213} shall be published{H8085} throughout all his kingdom{H4438} (for it is great),{H7227} all the wives{H802} will give{H5414} to their husbands{H1167} honor,{H3366} both to great{H1419} and small.{H6996} 21 And the saying{H1697} pleased{H3190} the king{H4428} and the princes;{H8269} and the king{H4428} did{H6213} according to the word{H1697} of Memucan:{H4462}