to bring Vashti the queen before the king wearing the royal crown, to show the people and the princes her beauty; for she was beautiful.
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by the eunuchs.
Therefore the king was very angry, and his anger burned in him.
Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times (for it was the king’s custom to consult those who knew law and judgment; and next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king’s face, and sat first in the kingdom),