10 On the seventh day , when the heart of the king was merry with wine , he commanded Mehuman , Biztha , Harbona , Bigtha , Abagtha , Zethar and Carkas , the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus , 11 to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown in order to display her beauty to the people and the princes , for she was beautiful . 12 But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command delivered by the eunuchs . Then the king became very angry and his wrath burned within him.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Esther 1:10-12
Commentary on Esther 1:10-22
(Read Esther 1:10-22)
Ahasuerus's feast ended in heaviness, by his own folly. Seasons of peculiar festivity often end in vexation. Superiors should be careful not to command what may reasonably be disobeyed. But when wine is in, men's reason departs from them. He that had rule over 127 provinces, had no rule over his own spirit. But whether the passion or the policy of the king was served by this decree, God's providence made way for Esther to the crown, and defeated Haman's wicked project, even before it had entered into his heart, and he arrived at his power. Let us rejoice that the Lord reigns, and will overrule the madness or folly of mankind to promote his own glory, and the safety and happiness of his people.