and the ones next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven rulers of Persia and Media who saw the king’s face, who sat first in the kingdom,
And Memucan answered before the king and rulers, Vashti the queen has not only done wrong to the king, but also to all the rulers, and to all the people who are in all the provinces of Ahasuerus the king.
And Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king is delighting to honor? And Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?