¹⁴ and were closest to the king—Karshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena and Memukan, the seven nobles^(A) of Persia and Media who had special access to the king and were highest in the kingdom.

²⁵ Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and seven royal advisers. He also took the secretary^(A) who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land, sixty of whom were found in the city.