Have him appoint commissioners across the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa. Let them be placed under the care of the royal eunuch Hegai, who is in charge of women, and provide them with ointments for beauty treatments.
Esther, Chosen as Queen Later, when his anger had subsided, King Ahasuerus remembered Vashti’s disobedience and the decree against her.
He sent letters throughout the entire kingdom, in each province’s own script and each people’s language, declaring that every husband should be the master of his household.
When this king’s decree is announced throughout his large kingdom, all wives will respect their husbands, from the least to the greatest.”
If it pleases the king, therefore, let an irrevocable royal decree be issued and included among the laws of Persia and Media, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Ahasuerus, and that the king is authorized to grant her royal position to someone more worthy.
When the Persian and Median women hear about this, they will respond similarly to the royal officials. As a result, this kind of disrespect will never cease to exist.
All the women will soon find out what she did, and they will despise their husbands, saying: ‘King Ahasuerus ordered his wife to be brought before him, but she refused.’
In the presence of the king and nobles, Memucan replied: It is not only the king that Queen Vashti has wronged, but also all the nobles and the entire population across King Ahasuerus’s provinces.
