12 But Queen Vashʹti kept refusing to come at the king’s order that was conveyed through the court officials. At this the king became very angry, and his rage flared up within him.

2 After these things, when the rage of King A·has·u·eʹrus+ had subsided, he remembered what Vashʹti had done+ and what had been decided against her.+

17 And the king came to love Esther more than all the other women, and she won his favor and approval* more than any of the other virgins. So he put the royal headdress* on her head and made her queen+ instead of Vashʹti.+