Esther 1:12

But when the attendants delivered the king's command, Queen Vashti refused to come. Then the king became furious and burned with anger.
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King James Version

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

English Standard Version

But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command delivered by the eunuchs. At this the king became enraged, and his anger burned within him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

She refused, and she showed contempt towards the king’s command, which he had delivered to her by the eunuchs. Whereupon the king, being angry and inflamed with a very great fury