Esther 1:20-22

Expanded Bible

²⁰ And let the king’s ·order [edict; decree] be ·announced [spread] everywhere in his ·enormous [great] kingdom. Then all the women will ·respect [honor] their husbands, from the greatest to the least.”

²¹ The king and his ·important men [nobles] were ·happy [pleased] with this advice, so King ·Xerxes [^LAhasuerus] did as Memucan ·suggested [advised; proposed]. ²² He sent ·letters [dispatches; scrolls] to all the ·states [provinces] of the kingdom in the ·writing [script] of each ·state [province] and in the language of each group of people. These ·letters [dispatches; scrolls] announced that each man was to be the ·ruler [master] ·of [over] his own family.