BRAGADAYJAH
1216
Vashti refused to appear before the King.
And so it happened that on the seventh day when the heart of the king was merry
with wine, he commanded his seven chambermaids, Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona,
Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar and Carcas, to bring Vashti the Queen before him; along
with the crown royal so that he may show the people and the princes her beauty;
for she was fair to look at. But Queen Vashti refused to appear before the king
as commanded; and the king became very angry Then the king asked his wise men
those who knew the law, the seven princes who were next to him in all Media and
Persia, who saw the anger on his face, what should be done to Vashti in
accordance with the law, because she did not perform the king’s commandment
sent to her through his chambermaids. And one of the princes, Memucan by name
answered and told the king that the queen by her refusal did not dishonor him
alone but all the princes and people within the kingdom. He added that when
this refusal of the queen should come to the knowledge of other women they would
despise their husbands for they will say, the king commanded his wife Vashti to
appear before him and she refused; and so all women throughout the kingdom
shall henceforth hold their husbands in contempt and wrath. Therefore he recommended that a law be passed
of the Medes and Persians which alter not, that Vashti come no more in the
presence of the king and that her place be given to another more deserving than
she.
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