Greek Esther 1:9-11

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⁹ Meanwhile, Queen Vashti gave a drinking party for the women in the palace where King Artaxerxes was.

Dismissal of Queen Vashti

¹⁰ On the seventh day, when the king was in good humor, he told Haman, Bazan, Tharra, Boraze, Zatholtha, Abataza, and Tharaba, the seven eunuchs who served King Artaxerxes,^{(A) 11} to escort the queen to him in order to proclaim her as queen and to place the diadem on her head and to have her display her beauty to all the governors and the people of various nations, for she was indeed a beautiful woman.^(B)