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Est 1:12 (KJV) — 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.

Est 1:12 (NASB) — But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command delivered by the eunuchs. Then the king became very angry and his wrath burned within him.

Phrase from KJV (Help)		Correlating Verses

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.
refused	Gen 3:16; Eph 5:22,24; 1Pe 3:1
by his chamberlains	Heb. which was by the hand of his eunuchs
was the king	Pro 19:12; Pro 20:2; Dan 2:12; Dan 3:13,19; Nah 1:6; Rev 6:16,17
burned	Exd 32:19,22; Deu 29:20; Psa 74:1; Psa 79:5