Esther 1:8-12

The king had ruled that there was to be no limit on how much a guest could drink; he had told his servants to give each guest whatever they wanted.

Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women in the palace that belonged to King Xerxes.

On the seventh day of the feast, the king, feeling happy from drinking wine, ordered the seven eunuchs who were his attendants, Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Karkas,

to bring Queen Vashti to him wearing her royal headdress, so he could show her beauty to the people and officials, for she was very good-looking.

But when the eunuchs delivered the order from the king, Queen Vashti refused to come. The king became extremely angry—he was absolutely furious.