To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
He ordered Queen Vashti to come before the king wearing her royal crown, so he could show off her beauty to the people and nobles, because she was very beautiful.
The writer is describing how King Xerxes commanded his queen to display herself before his guests to show off how beautiful she was.
📚 Historical Context
This takes place during a lavish 180-day feast thrown by Persian King Xerxes (also called Ahasuerus) around 483 BC to display his wealth and power to officials from across his vast empire. Ancient Persian royal banquets were extravagant displays of power, and queens held significant status but were still expected to obey the king's commands, even potentially humiliating ones.
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