Zethar

At the same time, Queen Vashti gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.

On the seventh day of the feast, when King Xerxes was in high spirits because of the wine, he told the seven eunuchs who attended him, Mahuman, Bista, Harbona, Bigtha, Abgatha, Zethar, and Karkas to bring Queen Vashti to him with the royal crown on her head.

He wanted the nobles and all the other men to gaze on her beauty.

for she was a very beautiful woman.

Check this out.

Verse 10: "On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine," it's a very nice way of saying he was blasted, okay? "He commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Ab- Abig- Abigtha, Zethar and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of the King Ahasuerus, to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown, in order to show the peoples and the princes her beauty, for she was lovely to look at." Now, we don't, we don't know exactly what is Going on here.

But according to Jewish tradition, which tried to explain some of these unknown things, this request came from an argument among the men of the feast as to which country had the most beautiful women [laughs].

And Ahasuerus decided to settle the issue by putting his wife on public display, and, you know, that could be the explanation for it.

right.

So he commanded Mehuman, Bidza, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagatha, Zethar, Karkas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Xerxes to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown.

Now, we're going to refer to these guys just as the minion names of Bob, Kevin, and Stuart.

That's right.

Look at verse 10.

On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mahuman, Bizta, Harbona, Bigta, and Abednego, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown in order to show the peoples and the princes her beauty for she was lovely to look at.

Listen to the demand there.

On the seventh day, Mary with wine, he commands.

By edict of the king, no limits were placed on the drinking, for the king had instructed all his palace officials to serve each man as much as he wanted.

At the same time, Queen Vashti gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes, On the seventh day of the feast, when King Xerxes was in high spirits because of the wine, he told the seven eunuchs who attended him, Mahumam, Bista, Harbona, Biktha, Agbatha, Zethar, and Karkas, to bring Queen Vashti to him with the royal crown on her head.

He wanted the nobles and all the men to gaze on her beauty, for she was a very beautiful woman.

But when they conveyed the king's order to Queen Vashti, she refused to come.

Meanwhile, inside the royal palace, Queen Vashti was giving a banquet for the women.

On the seventh day of his banquet, the king was drinking and feeling happy, so he called in the seven eunuchs who were his personal servants, Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas.

He ordered them to bring in Queen Vashti wearing her royal crown.

The queen was a beautiful woman, and the king wanted to show off her beauty to the officials and all his guests.