1. The plan to replace Vashti 2:1-4

Ahasuerus had second thoughts about having deposed Vashti (v. 1), but he evidently concluded that the action he had taken against her needed to stand. The attendants' plan doubtless appealed to the king's ego (vv. 2-4). The writer called these men "attendants"rather than "princes"(1:14). They were evidently not the same individuals who had recommended Vashti's dismissal.