Esther 1:12-14

Revised Geneva Translation

¹² But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s word which he had given in charge to the eunuchs. Therefore, the king was very angry, and his wrath kindled in him.

¹³ Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for so was the King’s manner towards all who knew the law and the judgment—

¹⁴ and closest to him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia, and Media—who saw the king’s face and sat the first in the kingdom),