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Then Memucan spoke up in front of the king and the officials. "Queen Vashti," he said, "has done something wrong not merely to the king himself. She has also done wrong to all the officials and the governors of the king."
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So Arkesaeus, Sarsathaeus, and Malesear, the rulers of the Persians and Medes who were closest to the king and his chief advisors, came to him.
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They told him what was appropriate, according to the law, since the queen had disobeyed the king's order.
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Then Memucan spoke up in front of the king and the officials. "Queen Vashti," he said, "has done something wrong not merely to the king himself. She has also done wrong to all the officials and the governors of the king."
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(The king had reported to them the queen's words and how she defied the king.) "Just as she defied King Artaxerxes,
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after today the important women of Persia and Media who hear about the queen's actions will dare to dishonor their own husbands.