11 to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown, in order to show the people and the princes her beauty, for she [was] beautiful to look on.

12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command by [his] eunuchs. And the king [was] very angry, and his anger burned within him.

13 And the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for so [was] the king's manner toward all who knew law and judgment;