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Es 1:13 Strong Concordance Then the king [04428] said [0559] to the wise men [02450], which knew [03045] the times [06256], (for so was the king's [04428] manner [01697] toward [06440] all that knew [03045] law [01881] and judgment [01779]:
  King James Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Then the king said to the wise men--These were probably the magi, without whose advice as to the proper time of doing a thing the Persian kings never did take any step whatever; and the persons named in Est 1:14 were the "seven counsellors" (compare Ezr 7:14) who formed the state ministry. The combined wisdom of all, it seems, was enlisted to consult with the king what course should be taken after so unprecedented an occurrence as Vashti's disobedience of the royal summons. It is scarcely possible for us to imagine the astonishment produced by such a refusal in a country and a court where the will of the sovereign was absolute. The assembled grandees were petrified with horror at the daring affront. Alarm for the consequences that might ensue to each of them in his own household next seized on their minds; and the sounds of bacchanalian revelry were hushed into deep and anxious consultation what punishment to inflict on the refractory queen. But a purpose was to be served by the flattery of the king and the enslavement of all women. The counsellors were too intoxicated or obsequious to oppose the courtly advice of Memucan was unanimously resolved, with a wise regard to the public interests of the nation, that the punishment of Vashti could be nothing short of degradation from her royal dignity. The doom was accordingly pronounced and made known in all parts of the empire.
 
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14 Forasmuch [01768] [06903] as [03606] thou art sent [07972] of [04481] [06925] the king [04430], and of his seven [07655] counsellors [03272], to enquire [01240] concerning [05922] Judah [03061] and Jerusalem [03390], according to the law [01882] of thy God [0426] which is in thine hand [03028];
14 And the next [07138] unto him was Carshena [03771], Shethar [08369], Admatha [0133], Tarshish [08659], Meres [04825], Marsena [04826], and Memucan [04462], the seven [07651] princes [08269] of Persia [06539] and Media [04074], which saw [07200] the king's [04428] face [06440], and which sat [03427] the first [07223] in the kingdom [04438];)
15 What shall we do [06213] unto the queen [04436] Vashti [02060] according to law [01881], because she hath not performed [06213] the commandment [03982] of the king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325] by [03027] the chamberlains [05631]?
13 Then the king [04428] said [0559] to the wise men [02450], which knew [03045] the times [06256], (for so was the king's [04428] manner [01697] toward [06440] all that knew [03045] law [01881] and judgment [01779]:
9 And the maiden [05291] pleased [03190] [05869] him, and she obtained [05375] kindness [02617] of him [06440]; and he speedily [0926] gave [05414] her her things for purification [08562], with such things as belonged [04490] to her, and seven [07651] maidens [05291], which were meet [07200] to be given [05414] her, out of the king's [04428] house [01004]: and he preferred [08138] her and her maids [05291] unto the best [02896] place of the house [01004] of the women [0802].
5 And when these days [03117] were expired [04390], the king [04428] made [06213] a feast [04960] unto all the people [05971] that were present [04672] in Shushan [07800] the palace [01002], both unto great [01419] and small [06996], seven [07651] days [03117], in the court [02691] of the garden [01594] of the king's [04428] palace [01055];
14 Forasmuch [01768] [06903] as [03606] thou art sent [07972] of [04481] [06925] the king [04430], and of his seven [07655] counsellors [03272], to enquire [01240] concerning [05922] Judah [03061] and Jerusalem [03390], according to the law [01882] of thy God [0426] which is in thine hand [03028];
13 Then the king [04428] said [0559] to the wise men [02450], which knew [03045] the times [06256], (for so was the king's [04428] manner [01697] toward [06440] all that knew [03045] law [01881] and judgment [01779]:
14 And the next [07138] unto him was Carshena [03771], Shethar [08369], Admatha [0133], Tarshish [08659], Meres [04825], Marsena [04826], and Memucan [04462], the seven [07651] princes [08269] of Persia [06539] and Media [04074], which saw [07200] the king's [04428] face [06440], and which sat [03427] the first [07223] in the kingdom [04438];)
35 A sword [02719] is upon the Chaldeans [03778], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], and upon the inhabitants [03427] of Babylon [0894], and upon her princes [08269], and upon her wise [02450] men.
13 Thou art wearied [03811] in the multitude [07230] of thy counsels [06098]. Let now the astrologers [01895] [08064], the stargazers [02374] [03556], the monthly [02320] prognosticators [03045], stand up [05975], and save [03467] thee from these things that shall come [0935] upon thee.
25 That frustrateth [06565] the tokens [0226] of the liars [0907], and maketh diviners [07080] mad [01984]; that turneth [07725] wise [02450] men backward [0268], and maketh their knowledge [01847] foolish [05528];
15 And now [03705] the wise [02445] men, the astrologers [0826], have been brought [05954] in before [06925] me, that they should read [07123] this [01836] writing [03792], and make known [03046] unto me the interpretation [06591] thereof: but they could [03546] not [03809] shew [02324] the interpretation [06591] of the thing [04406]:
27 Daniel [01841] answered [06032] in the presence [06925] of the king [04430], and said [0560], The secret [07328] which the king [04430] hath demanded [07593] cannot [03202] [03809] the wise [02445] men, the astrologers [0826], the magicians [02749], the soothsayers [01505], shew [02324] unto the king [04430];
13 Then the king [04428] said [0559] to the wise men [02450], which knew [03045] the times [06256], (for so was the king's [04428] manner [01697] toward [06440] all that knew [03045] law [01881] and judgment [01779]: