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When Abigail went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a king. He was in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until daybreak.
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and in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his nobles and officials. The military leaders of Persia and Media, the princes, and the nobles of the provinces were present.
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When these days were over, the king gave a banquet, lasting seven days, in the enclosed garden of the king’s palace, for all the people from the least to the greatest who were in the citadel of Susa.
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Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
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And the king gave a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his nobles and officials. He proclaimed a holiday throughout the provinces and distributed gifts with royal liberality.
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“If it pleases the king,” replied Esther, “let the king, together with Haman, come today to a banquet I have prepared for him.”
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“Bring Haman at once,” the king said, “so that we may do what Esther asks.” So the king and Haman went to the banquet Esther had prepared.
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If the king regards me with favor and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
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“And that’s not all,” Haman added. “I’m the only person Queen Esther invited to accompany the king to the banquet she gave. And she has invited me along with the king tomorrow.
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His wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Have a pole set up, reaching to a height of fifty cubits, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai impaled on it. Then go with the king to the banquet and enjoy yourself.” This suggestion delighted Haman, and he had the pole set up.
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While they were still talking with him, the king’s eunuchs arrived and hurried Haman away to the banquet Esther had prepared.
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Haman Impaled
So the king and Haman went to Queen Esther’s banquet,
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Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Will he even molest the queen while she is with me in the house?” As soon as the word left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
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Let him lead me to the banquet hall, and let his banner over me be love.
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They have harps and lyres at their banquets, pipes and timbrels and wine, but they have no regard for the deeds of the Lord, no respect for the work of his hands.
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On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine— the best of meats and the finest of wines.
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The Writing on the Wall
King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine with them.
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The queen, hearing the voices of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet hall. “May the king live forever!” she said. “Don’t be alarmed! Don’t look so pale!
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The Parable of the Wedding Banquet
Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:
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“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
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He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
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“Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
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“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come.
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So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’
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they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;
