The ladies of Persia - שרות saroth, the princesses; but the meaning is very well expressed by our term ladies.
Translate it: “Likewise shall the princesses of Persia and Media, which have heard of the deed of the queen, say this day unto all the king‘s princes.”
6-15. See EGW on Exodus 20:1-17, Vol. 1, p. 1103. 3BC 1139.1
38 (Nehemiah 10:29). Unite in a Solemn Covenant—It would be a scene well-pleasing to God and angels, would His professed followers in this generation unite, as did Israel of old [referring especially to the revival in the days of Nehemiah], in a solemn covenant to “observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes” (The Southern Watchman, June 7, 1904). 3BC 1139.2
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