"According to law,whatis to be donewith QueenVashti,becauseshe did not obeythe commandof KingAhasuerus[delivered] by the eunuchs?"
Now in the reignof Ahasuerus,in the beginningof his reign,they wrotean accusationagainstthe inhabitantsof Judahand Jerusalem.
and were closeto him: Carshena,Shethar,Admatha,Tarshish,Meres,Marsenaand Memucan,the sevenprincesof Persiaand Mediawho had accessto the king'spresenceand satin the firstplace in the kingdom--
In the presenceof the kingand the princes,Memucansaid,"QueenVashtihas wrongednot onlythe kingbut [also] allthe princesand allthe peopleswhoare in allthe provincesof KingAhasuerus.
So Hamancamein and the kingsaidto him, "Whatis to be donefor the manwhomthe kingdesiresto honor?"And Hamansaidto himself,"Whomwould the kingdesireto honormorethanme?"