Verse 1

After{H310} these things{H1697}, when the wrath{H2534} of king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325} was appeased{H7918}{(H8800)}, he remembered{H2142}{(H8804)} Vashti{H2060}, and what she had done{H6213}{(H8804)}, and what was decreed{H1504}{(H8738)} against her.

Referenced Verses

  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged{H8518}{(H8799)} Haman{H2001} on the gallows{H6086} that he had prepared{H3559}{(H8689)} for Mordecai{H4782}. Then was the king's{H4428} wrath{H2534} pacified{H7918}{(H8804)}.
  • Dan 6:14-18 : 14 Then{H116} the king{H4430}, when he heard{H8086}{(H8754)} these words{H4406}, was sore{H7690} displeased{H888}{(H8754)} with himself, and set{H7761}{(H8754)} his heart{H1079} on{H5922} Daniel{H1841} to deliver{H7804}{(H8756)} him: and he laboured{H1934}{(H8754)}{H7712}{(H8723)} till{H5705} the going down{H4606} of the sun{H8122} to deliver{H5338}{(H8682)} him. 15 Then{H116} these{H479} men{H1400} assembled{H7284}{(H8684)} unto{H5922} the king{H4430}, and said{H560}{(H8750)} unto the king{H4430}, Know{H3046}{(H8747)}, O king{H4430}, that the law{H1882} of the Medes{H4076} and Persians{H6540} is, That no{H3606} decree{H633} nor statute{H7010} which the king{H4430} establisheth{H6966}{(H8681)} may be changed{H8133}{(H8682)}. 16 Then{H116} the king{H4430} commanded{H560}{(H8754)}, and they brought{H858}{(H8684)} Daniel{H1841}, and cast{H7412}{(H8754)} him into the den{H1358} of lions{H744}. Now the king{H4430} spake{H6032}{(H8750)} and said{H560}{(H8750)} unto Daniel{H1841}, Thy God{H426} whom thou{H607} servest{H6399}{(H8750)} continually{H8411}, he will deliver{H7804}{(H8755)} thee. 17 And a{H2298} stone{H69} was brought{H858}{(H8717)}, and laid{H7761}{(H8752)} upon{H5922} the mouth{H6433} of the den{H1358}; and the king{H4430} sealed{H2857}{(H8754)} it with his own signet{H5824}, and with the signet{H5824} of his lords{H7261}; that the purpose{H6640} might not{H3809} be changed{H8133}{(H8748)} concerning Daniel{H1841}. 18 Then{H116} the king{H4430} went{H236}{(H8754)} to his palace{H1965}, and passed the night{H956}{(H8754)} fasting{H2908}: neither{H3809} were instruments{H1761} of musick brought{H5954}{(H8684)} before{H6925} him: and his sleep{H8139} went{H5075}{(H8754)} from him{H5922}.
  • Esth 1:12-21 : 12 But the queen{H4436} Vashti{H2060} refused{H3985}{(H8762)} to come{H935}{(H8800)} at the king's{H4428} commandment{H1697} by{H3027} his chamberlains{H5631}: therefore was the king{H4428} very{H3966} wroth{H7107}{(H8799)}, and his anger{H2534} burned{H1197}{(H8804)} in him. 13 Then the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)} to the wise men{H2450}, which knew{H3045}{(H8802)} the times{H6256},(for so was the king's{H4428} manner{H1697} toward{H6440} all that knew{H3045}{(H8802)} law{H1881} and judgment{H1779}: 14 And the next{H7138} unto him was 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}, which saw{H7200}{(H8802)} the king's{H4428} face{H6440}, and which sat{H3427}{(H8802)} the first{H7223} in the kingdom{H4438};) 15 What shall we do{H6213}{(H8800)} unto the queen{H4436} Vashti{H2060} according to law{H1881}, because she hath not performed{H6213}{(H8804)} the commandment{H3982} of the king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325} by{H3027} the chamberlains{H5631}? 16 And Memucan{H4462} answered{H559}{(H8799)} before{H6440} the king{H4428} and the princes{H8269}, Vashti{H2060} the queen{H4436} hath not done wrong{H5753}{(H8804)} to the king{H4428} only, but also to all the princes{H8269}, and to all the people{H5971} that are in all the provinces{H4082} of the king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325}. 17 For this deed{H1697} of the queen{H4436} shall come abroad{H3318}{(H8799)} unto all women{H802}, so that they shall despise{H959}{(H8687)} their husbands{H1167} in their eyes{H5869}, when it shall be reported{H559}{(H8800)}, The king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325} commanded{H559}{(H8804)} Vashti{H2060} the queen{H4436} to be brought in{H935}{(H8687)} before{H6440} him, but she came{H935}{(H8804)} not. 18 Likewise shall the ladies{H8282} of Persia{H6539} and Media{H4074} say{H559}{(H8799)} this day{H3117} unto all the king's{H4428} princes{H8269}, which have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} of the deed{H1697} of the queen{H4436}. Thus shall there arise too much{H1767} contempt{H963} and wrath{H7110}. 19 If it please{H2895}{(H8804)} the king{H4428}, let there go{H3318}{(H8799)} a royal{H4438} commandment{H1697} from him{H6440}, and let it be written{H3789}{(H8735)} among the laws{H1881} of the Persians{H6539} and the Medes{H4074}, that it be not altered{H5674}{(H8799)}, That Vashti{H2060} come{H935}{(H8799)} no more before{H6440} king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325}; and let the king{H4428} give{H5414}{(H8799)} 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}{(H8799)} shall be published{H8085}{(H8738)} throughout all his empire{H4438},(for it is great{H7227},) all the wives{H802} shall give{H5414}{(H8799)} to their husbands{H1167} honour{H3366}, both to great{H1419} and small{H6996}. 21 And the saying{H1697} pleased{H3190}{(H8799)}{H5869} the king{H4428} and the princes{H8269}; and the king{H4428} did{H6213}{(H8799)} according to the word{H1697} of Memucan{H4462}: