12 But Queen Vashti refused to come in at the command of the king, which was given through the eunuchs, and the king was exceeding wroth, and, his anger, burned within him.

13 Then said the king unto the wise men having knowledge of the times, for, so, was the manner of the king before all having knowledge of law and judgment;

14 and, near unto him, were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memucan, the seven rulers of Persia and Media, who used to behold the face of the king, who sat first, in the kingdom