9. and said, When the king is risen, some shall give him the writing; and of whose side the king and the three princes of Persia shall judge that his sentence is the wisest, to him shall the victory be given, as it is written.
10. The first wrote, Wine is the strongest.
11. The second wrote, The king is strongest.
12. The third wrote, Women are strongest: but above all things Truth bears away the victory.
13. Now when the king was risen up, they took the writing, and gave it to him, and so he read it:
14. and sending forth he called all the princes of Persia and of Media, and the satraps, and the captains, and the governors, and the chief officers;