9. Meanwhile, inside the royal palace Queen Vashti was giving a banquet for the women.
10. On the seventh day of his banquet the king was drinking and feeling merry, so he called in the seven eunuchs who were his personal servants, Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas.
11. He ordered them to bring in Queen Vashti, wearing her royal crown. The queen was a beautiful woman, and the king wanted to show off her beauty to the officials and all his guests.
12. But when the servants told Queen Vashti of the king's command, she refused to come. This made the king furious.