¹⁴ the men next to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and ^(A)Memucan, ^(B)the seven princes of Persia and Media, ^(C)who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom):

²⁵ and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and ^(A)seven men of the king's council, who were found in the city; and the secretary of the commander of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the midst of the city.