1096 - Queen Vashti lost her crown and was vanished

Queen Vashti lost her crown and was vanished


On the seventh day of the feast, when King Xerxes was in high spirits, because of the wine, he told the seven eunuchs, who attended him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas—to bring Queen Vashti, to him, with the royal crown on her head. 


He wanted the nobles, and all the other men, to gaze on her beauty, for she was a very beautiful woman. 


But, when they conveyed the king’s order, to Queen Vashti, she refused to come. 


This made the king furious, and he burned with anger.


He immediately consulted, with his wise advisers, who knew all the Persian laws and customs, for he always asked their advice. 


The names of these men were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan—seven nobles, of Persia and Media. 


They met, with the king, regularly, and held the highest positions, in the empire.


“What must be done to Queen Vashti?” the king demanded. 


“What penalty does the law provide, for a queen, who refuses to obey the king’s orders, properly sent, through his eunuchs?”


Memucan answered the king and his nobles, 


“Queen Vashti has wronged, not only the king, but also every noble, and every citizen, throughout your empire. 


Women, everywhere, will begin to despise their husbands, when they learn, that Queen Vashti ….has refused to appear, before the king. 


Before this day is out, the wives, of all the king’s nobles, throughout Persia and Media, will hear what the queen did, and they will start treating their husbands, in the same way. 


There will be no end, to their contempt and anger.


“So, if it please the king, we suggest, that you issue a written decree, a law, of the Persians and Medes, that cannot be revoked. 


It should order, that Queen Vashti, be forever banished, from the presence of King Xerxes, and that the king should choose another queen, who is more worthy, than she. 


When this decree is published, throughout the king’s vast empire, husbands everywhere, whatever their rank, will receive proper respect, from their wives!”


The king, and his nobles, thought this made good sense, so he followed Memucan’s counsel. 


He sent letters, to all parts, of the empire, …to each province, in its own script and language, proclaiming, that every man should be the ruler, of his own home, and should say whatever he pleases.


Holy Bible: 

New Living Translation. 

Tyndale House Publishers. 2015.


Esther 1:10-22


Praise be to God!


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