Then said Memucan, who is Daniel. But why is he called Memucan? Because when the tribe of Judah were taken captive to Babylon, —Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah were among them,—Daniel also was exiled, through whom great, wonderful, and mighty works were done, and again through whom heaven determined that Queen Vashti should be killed, in consequence of which he was called Memucan, i.e. " establisher." And Memucan spake to the king and governors—there was a royal statute at the time which provided, that in the cabinet consultations the younger ministers should give their advice first.
If it was a proper one, they carried it into execution; but if not, the older ministers gave their advice. And as Memucan was the youngest of them all, he gave his advice first. It so happened that Memucan had married a Persian wife who was richer than himself, and she refused to speak to him in any other language but her own, and so he thought to himself, now is the opportunity to compel the wives to honour their husbands.
Therefore he said to the king and the nobles: "Not against the king alone has Queen Vashti failed, but also against all the nations and governors that are in the empire of Ahhashverosh.