Greek Esther 1:16-18

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁶ Then Muchaeus said to the king and the governors, ‘Queen Vashti^[a] has insulted not only the king but also all the king’s governors and officials’ ¹⁷ (for he had reported to them what the queen had said and how she had defied the king). ‘And just as she defied King Artaxerxes, ¹⁸ so now the other ladies who are wives of the Persian and Median governors, on hearing what she has said to the king, will likewise dare to insult their husbands.