Esther 2:1
Good News Translation
Later, even after the king's anger had cooled down, he kept thinking about what Vashti had done and about his proclamation against her.

New Revised Standard Version
After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her.

Contemporary English Version
After a while, King Xerxes got over being angry. But he kept thinking about what Vashti had done and the law that he had written because of her.

New American Bible
After this, when King Ahasuerus’ wrath had cooled, he thought over what Vashti had done and what had been decreed against her.

Douay-Rheims Bible
After this, when the wrath of king Assuerus was appeased, he remembered Vasthi, and what she had done and what she had suffered:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

After this, when the wrath of king Assuerus was appeased, he remembered Vasthi, and what she had done and what she had suffered:

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3543. B.C.

461. he remembered.

Daniel 6:14-18 Now when the king had heard these words, he was very much grieved, and in behalf of Daniel he set his heart to deliver him, and even till sunset he laboured to save him. . . .

what was decreed.

Esther 1:12-21 But she refused, and would not come at the king's commandment, which he had signified to her by the eunuchs. Whereupon the king, being angry, and inflamed with a very great fury, . . .

Context
Seeking Vashti's Successor
1After this, when the wrath of king Assuerus was appeased, he remembered Vasthi, and what she had done and what she had suffered:2And the king's servants and his officers said: Let young women be sought for the king, virgins and beautiful,…
Cross References
Ezra 4:6
And in the reign of Assuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Juda and Jerusalem.

Esther 1:19
If it please thee, let an edict go out from thy presence, and let it be written according to the law of the Persians and of the Medes, which must not be altered, that Vasthi come in no more to the king, but another, that is better than her, be made queen in her place.

Esther 1:20
And let this be published through all the provinces of thy empire, (which is very wide,) and let all wives, as well of the greater as of the lesser, give honour to their husbands.

Esther 7:10
So Aman was hanged on the gibbet, which he had prepared for Mardochai: and the king's wrath ceased.

Esther 1:22
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