Vashti

In addition, Queen Vashti gave a banquet for women, in the royal palace of King Ahasuerus.

Ester (Esther) ·Bölüm 1 ·1:9 ·machine translation (sefaria)

to bring Queen Vashti before the king wearing a royal diadem, to display her beauty to the peoples and the officials; for she was a beautiful woman.

Ester (Esther) ·Bölüm 1 ·1:11 ·machine translation (sefaria)

But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command conveyed by the eunuchs. The king was greatly incensed, and his fury burned within him.

Ester (Esther) ·Bölüm 1 ·1:12 ·machine translation (sefaria)

“What,” [he asked,] “shall be done, according to law, to Queen Vashti for failing to obey the command of King Ahasuerus conveyed by the eunuchs?”

Ester (Esther) ·Bölüm 1 ·1:15 ·machine translation (sefaria)

Thereupon Memucan declared in the presence of the king and the ministers: “Queen Vashti has committed an offense not only against Your Majesty but also against all the officials and against all the peoples in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.

Ester (Esther) ·Bölüm 1 ·1:16 ·machine translation (sefaria)

For the queen’s behavior will make all wives despise their husbands, as they reflect that King Ahasuerus himself ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she would not come.

Ester (Esther) ·Bölüm 1 ·1:17 ·machine translation (sefaria)