Vashti Angers the King

1 These events took place during the days of Ahasuerus,^[a](A) who ruled 127 provinces^(B) from India^[b] to Cush.

⁹ On the twenty-third day of the third month^(A) (that is, the month Sivan),^[a] the royal scribes were summoned. Everything was written exactly as Mordecai^(B) ordered for the Jews, to the satraps,^(C) the governors, and the officials of the 127 provinces from India^[b] to Cush.^(D) The edict was written for each province in its own script, for each ethnic group in its own language,^(E) and to the Jews in their own script and language.