[13] Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment: [14] And 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;)