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to bring Queen Vashti before the king, wearing the royal crown, in order to show the peoples and the officials her beauty; for she was fair to behold.
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Furthermore, Queen Vashti gave a banquet for the women in the palace of King Ahasuerus.
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On the seventh day, when the king was merry wih wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who attended him,
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to bring Queen Vashti before the king, wearing the royal crown, in order to show the peoples and the officials her beauty; for she was fair to behold.
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But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king'scommand conveyed by the eunuchs. At this the king was enraged, and his anger burned within him.
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Then the king consulted the sages who knew the laws (for this was the king's procedure toward all who were versed in law and custom,
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