Memucan
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Named at Esther 1:14 among “the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king’s face, and sat first in the kingdom”. At 1:16 Memucan answers before the king and the princes, “Vashti the queen has not done wrong to just the king, but also to all the princes, and to all the people who are in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus.” At 1:19–20 he counsels that a royal commandment go from the king that Vashti may never again come before King Ahasuerus, and at 1:21 “the king did according to the word of Memucan”.
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- EST 1:13–15, engwebp
13Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times (for it was the king’s custom to consult those who knew law and judgment;
14and next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king’s face, and sat first in the kingdom),
15“What shall we do to Queen Vashti according to law, because she has not done the bidding of the King Ahasuerus by the eunuchs?”
- EST 1:16–20, engwebp
16Memucan answered before the king and the princes, “Vashti the queen has not done wrong to just the king, but also to all the princes, and to all the people who are in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus.
17For this deed of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to show contempt for their husbands when it is reported, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she didn’t come.’
18Today, the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen’s deed will tell all the king’s princes. This will cause much contempt and wrath.
19“If it pleases the king, let a royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it cannot be altered, that Vashti may never again come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another who is better than she.
20When the king’s decree which he shall make is published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give their husbands honor, both great and small.”
- EST 1:21–22, engwebp
21This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
22for he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, that every man should rule his own house, speaking in the language of his own people.
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Took part in (2) — The king asks the wise men who knew the times what shall be done to Queen Vashti according to law, Memucan answers before the king and the princes and counsels a royal commandment concerning Vashti
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and next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king’s face, and sat first in the kingdom),
Memucan answered before the king and the princes, “Vashti the queen has not done wrong to just the king, but also to all the princes, and to all the people who are in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus.
This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Memucan (person-memucan) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/memucan Current wording: Named at Esther 1:14 among “the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king’s face, and sat first in the kingdom”. At 1:16 Memucan answers before the king and the princes, “Vashti the queen has not done wrong to just the king, but also to all the princes, and to all the people who are in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus.” At 1:19–20 he counsels that a royal commandment go from the king that Vashti may never again come before King Ahasuerus, and at 1:21 “the king did according to the word of Memucan”. Cited evidence: EST 1:13–15, engwebp / EST 1:16–20, engwebp / EST 1:21–22, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.