Esther 1:21

21 This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memu'can proposed;

Esther 1:21 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 1:21

And the saying pleased the king and the princes
The king, and the other six princes and counsellors, approved of the proposal, and unanimously agreed to it: and the king did according to the word of Memucan;
passed a law according to his advice, and signed and sealed it, and registered it among the laws of the kingdom, not to be revoked.

Esther 1:21 In-Context

19 If it please the king, let a royal order go forth from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be altered, that Vashti is to come no more before King Ahasu-e'rus; and let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she.

20 So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, vast as it is, all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low."

21 This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memu'can proposed;

22 he sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be lord in his own house and speak according to the language of his people.