Esther 1:12
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment 9by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very *wroth, and his anger burned in him.
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
9:
Heb. which was by the hand of his eunuchs.
*:
wroth-angry.
being favoured in this refusal by the laws and customs of Persia, which was to keep men’s wives, and especially queens, as much as might be from the view of other men.