Esther 1:5-7

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The Banquet of King Ahasuerus

⁵ When those days were over, the king held a seven-day banquet in the courtyard of the garden of his^[a] palace for all the people who were present in Susa the capital, from the greatest to the least important. ⁶ There were curtains of white and blue linen tied with cords of fine linen and purple material^[b] to silver rings on^[c] marble columns. There were couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and other precious stones. ⁷ Drinks were served in gold vessels of various kinds, and there was plenty of royal wine because the king was generous.^[d]