1 Esdras 3:1-3

Revised Standard Version

The Debate of the Three Bodyguards

3 Now King Darius gave a great banquet for all that were under him and all that were born in his house and all the nobles of Media and Persia ² and all the satraps and generals and governors that were under him in the hundred and twenty-seven satrapies from India to Ethiopia. ³ They ate and drank, and when they were satisfied they departed; and Darius the king went to his bedroom, and went to sleep, and then awoke.