Yǐsītièjì 1:15

15 Wáng hòu Wǎshítí bù zūn taì jiān suǒ chuán de wáng méng , zhàolì yīngdāng zĕnyàng bànlǐ ne .

Yǐsītièjì 1:15 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 1:15

What shall we do unto the Queen Vashti, according to law
The king desired to know what law was provided in such a case as her's, and what to be done according to it:

because she hath not performed the commandment of the king by the
chamberlains?
as this was the crime, disobedience to his commands, he would have those who had knowledge of the law consider what punishment was to be inflicted on her for it, according to former laws, usages, and customs, or as reason and justice required; and it being a festival, and they heated with wine, was no objection to a consultation on this head; for it was the manner of the Persians at festivals, and when inflamed with wine, to consult and determine about matters of the greatest moment ^F23; yea, reckoned their counsels and decrees firmer than when made when they were sober ^F24; so the ancient Germans ^F25.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Clio, sive, l. 1. c. 133.
F24 Strabo. Geograph. l. 15. p. 505. Alex. ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 4. c. 11. & l. 5. c. 21.
F25 Tacitus de Mor. German. c. 22.

Yǐsītièjì 1:15 In-Context

13 Nàshí , zaì wáng zuǒyòu cháng jiàn wáng miàn , guó zhōng zuò gāo wèi de , yǒu Bōsī hé Mǐdǐyà de qī gè dàchén , jiù shì jiǎ Shìnádì , Shìdá , Yēmǎtā , Tāshīsī , Mǐlì , Mǎxīná , Mǐmǔgān ,

14 Dōu shì dá shí wù de míng zhé rén . àn wáng de cháng guī , bàn shì bì xiān xún wèn zhī lì míng fǎ de rén . wáng wèn tāmen shuō ,

15 Wáng hòu Wǎshítí bù zūn taì jiān suǒ chuán de wáng méng , zhàolì yīngdāng zĕnyàng bànlǐ ne .

16 Mǐmǔgān zaì wáng hé zhòng shǒulǐng miànqián huídá shuō , wáng hòu Wǎshítí zhè shì , búdàn dé zuì wáng , bìngqiĕ yǒu haì yú wáng gè shĕng de chén mín .

17 Yīnwei wáng hòu zhè shì bì chuán dào zhòng fùrén de ĕr zhōng , shuō , Yàhǎsuílǔ wáng fēnfu wáng hòu Wǎshítí dào wáng miànqián , tā què bù lái , tāmen jiù miǎoshì zìjǐ de zhàngfu .