Memucan was a eunuch during the reign of King Ahasuerus (Xerxes I) and a minister who advised the king on policy.
He advised on the plan to depose Queen Vashti and choose a new queen.
Esther 1:13Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for this was the king’s custom toward all who knew law and justice,Esther 1:14those closest to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who had access to the king’s presence and sat first in the kingdom):Vashti, because she did not obey the command of King Ahasuerus delivered by the eunuchs?”Esther 1:16Then Memucan answered before the king and the princes: “Queen Vashti has not only wronged the king but also all the princes and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.Esther 1:17For the queen’s behavior will make all women despise their husbands, when they are told, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she would not come.’Esther 1:18This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen’s behavior will say the same to all the king’s princes, and there will be much contempt and wrath.Esther 1:19If it pleases the king, let a royal decree go out from him, and let it be recorded among the laws of the Persians and Medes so that it may not be altered, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she.Esther 1:20When the king’s decree, which he will make, is proclaimed throughout all his empire, great as it is, then all women will give honor to their husbands, both high and low.”Esther 1:21This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed.