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Esther 1:11

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To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.

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  1. Esther 1:9

    Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.

  2. Esther 1:10

    On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

  3. Esther 1:12

    But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

  4. Esther 1:13

    Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king’s manner toward all that knew law and judgment:

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.