Additions to Esther 1:32-39

32 Then the king told his officials and the governors of Media and Persia how the queen had defied him. So Muchaeus said to the king and everyone present: "Queen Vashti has insulted not only you but all of us as well.

33 As soon as our wives hear what the queen has done, they will be bold enough to defy their husbands and treat them with disrespect in the same way that Vashti has treated you.

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35 If, then, it please Your Majesty, issue a royal proclamation that Vashti may never again appear before the king. Have it written into the laws of Media and Persia. Then give her place as queen to some better woman. There is no other way.

36 When your proclamation is made known all over this empire, then every woman will treat her husband with proper respect, whether he is rich or poor."

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38 The king and his officials liked this idea, and the king did as Muchaeus suggested.

39 To each of the royal provinces he sent a message in the language of that province, saying that every husband must be respected in his own home.