Esther 1:12 (KJV)

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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

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refused. Ge 3:16 Eph 5:22 Eph 5:24 1Pe 3:1

by his chamberlains. Heb. which was by the hand of hiseunuchs. was the king. Pr 19:12 Pr 20:2 Da 2:12 Da 3:13 Da 3:19 Na 1:6 Re 6:16 Re 6:17

burned. Ex 32:19 Ex 32:22 De 29:20 Ps 74:1 Ps 79:5

the queen.This refusal of Vashti's, to expose herself to the view of such a group of drunken Bacchanalians, was highly praiseworthy, and became the dignity of her rank and the modesty of her sex.

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