Esther 1:19
“If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.”
KJV
Read in Esther 1Meaning
The proposed remedy transforms one refusal into permanent legal and personal consequences. It also creates the narrative opening through which Esther will later enter the royal household.