KJV King James Version
And the next unto him [was] Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, [and] Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, [and] which sat the first in the kingdom;)
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Esther 1:14
And the next unto him [was] Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, [and] Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, [and] which sat the first in the kingdom;)
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
His closest advisors were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and ranked highest in the kingdom.
WEB World English Bible
and the 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),
ASV American Standard Version
and the next unto 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),
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he who is near unto him is Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memucan, seven heads of Persia and Media seeing the face of the king, who are sitting first in the kingdom—
Surrounding context — Esther 1
11 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.
12 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.
13 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:
14 And the next unto him [was] Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, [and] Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, [and] which sat the first in the kingdom;)
15 What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
16 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that [are] in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
17 For [this] deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
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וְהַקָּרֹ֣בH7138 · qa.rovnearאֵלָ֗יוH413 · elto(wards)כַּרְשְׁנָ֤אH3771 · kar.she.naCarshenaשֵׁתָר֙H8369 · she.tarShetharאַדְמָ֣תָאH133 · ad.ma.taAdmathaתַרְשִׁ֔ישׁH8659 · tar.shishTarshishמֶ֥רֶסH4825 · me.resMeresמַרְסְנָ֖אH4826 · mar.se.naMarsenaמְמוּכָ֑ןH4462 · me.mu.khanMemucanשִׁבְעַ֞תH7651 · she.vasevenשָׂרֵ֣י׀H8269 · sarrulerפָּרַ֣סH6539 · pa.rasPersiaוּמָדַ֗יH4074 · ma.dayMadaiרֹאֵי֙H7200 · ra.ahto see: seeפְּנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingהַיֹּשְׁבִ֥יםH3427 · ya.shavto dwellרִאשֹׁנָ֖הH7223 · ri.shonfirstבַּמַּלְכֽוּת׃H4438 · mal.khutroyalty
Cross-references
2 Kings 25:19And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land [that were] found in the city:Matthew 18:10Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.Ezra 7:14Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellers, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which [is] in thine hand;Revelation 22:4And they shall see his face; and his name [shall be] in their foreheads.
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