Esther 1:10-12

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¹⁰ On the final day when the king was feeling high, half drunk from wine, he told the seven eunuchs who were his personal aides—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas— ¹¹ to bring Queen Vashti to him with the royal crown upon her head so that all the men could gaze upon her beauty—for she was a very beautiful woman. ¹² But when they conveyed the emperor’s order to Queen Vashti, she refused to come. The king was furious