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Esther 1:12

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1:12 But Queen Vashti refused¹ to come at the king’s bidding² conveyed through the eunuchs. Then the king became extremely angry, and his rage consumed³ him.

Esther 5:4

Context

5:4 Esther replied, “If the king is so inclined,⁴ let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him.”

¹sn Refusal to obey the king was risky even for a queen in the ancient world. It is not clear why Vashti behaved so rashly and put herself in such danger. Apparently she anticipated humiliation of some kind and was unwilling to subject herself to it, in spite of the obvious dangers. There is no justification in the biblical text for an ancient Jewish targumic tradition that the king told her to appear before his guests dressed in nothing but her royal high turban, that is, essentially naked.

²tn Heb “at the word of the king”; NASB “at the king’s command.”

³tn Heb “burned in him” (so KJV).

⁴tn Heb “If upon the king it is good”; NASB “If it please the king.”

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