Memucan in the Bible.

One of the royal counsellors at the court of Ahasuerus, by whose suggestion Vashti was divorced. The King James Version names Memucan in 3 verses, from Esther 1:14 to Esther 1:21.

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Memucan’s own words.

Memucan speaks in 5 verses of the King James Version, all in Esther.

His first words in the Bible

And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

Esther 1:16 ›

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Who Memucan was.

Dignified, one of the royal counsellors at the court of Ahasuerus, by whose suggestion Vashti was divorced (Esther 1:14, 16, 21).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Places in Memucan’s story.

Medianamed with him in 1 verse
Persianamed with him in 1 verse

Each opens its own page: where it is on the map and every verse.

All 3 verses that name Memucan.

Esther 3

Esther 1:14And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
Esther 1:16And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
Esther 1:21And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

Questions about Memucan.

Who was Memucan in the Bible?

One of the royal counsellors at the court of Ahasuerus, by whose suggestion Vashti was divorced. The King James Version names Memucan in 3 verses, from Esther 1:14 to Esther 1:21.

Where does Memucan speak in the Bible?

In 5 verses of the King James Version, all in Esther. His first words are in Esther 1:16.

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