Esther 1:11-13

New King James Version

¹¹ to bring Queen Vashti before the king, wearing her royal crown, in order to show her beauty to the people and the officials, for she was beautiful to behold. ¹² But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command brought by his eunuchs; therefore the king was furious, and his anger burned within him.

¹³ Then the king said to the ^(A)wise men ^(B)who understood the times (for this was the king’s manner toward all who knew law and justice,