8. The king had given a command to his servants. He told them that each guest must be given as much wine as he wanted, and the wine server obeyed the king.
9. Queen Vashti also gave a party for the women in the king’s palace.
12. But when the eunuchs told Queen Vashti about the king’s command, she refused to come. Then the king was very angry.
15. The king asked them, “What does the law say must be done to Queen Vashti? She has not obeyed the command of King Xerxes that the eunuchs had taken to her.”
16. Then Memucan answered the king with the other officials listening, “Queen Vashti has done wrong. She has done wrong against the king and also against all the leaders and people of all the provinces of King Xerxes.
17. I say this, because all the other women will hear about what Queen Vashti did. Then they will stop obeying their husbands. They will say to their husbands, ‘King Xerxes commanded Queen Vashti to be brought to him, but she refused to come.’