Esth.1.16

Esther 1:16

KJV

And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

Queen Vashti Deposed

Queen Vashti’s Refusal

Cross References

Ezra 4:6

KJV

And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

Opposition under Xerxes and Artaxerxes

Adversaries Hinder the Work

Esther 1:15

KJV

What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

Queen Vashti Deposed

Queen Vashti’s Refusal

Esther 1:17

KJV

For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.