Esther 1:14

14. The seven princes These seven, whose names are here given, are among the wise men whom he consulted. They were his most intimate counsellors, and the very highest nobles of the empire. See the note on Ezra 7:14. In the name Admatha we may, perhaps, recognise Artabanus, the uncle of Xerxes, ( Herod., Esther 7:10,) and in Marsena, his famous general Mardonius.