Esther 1:3–8

³In the third year of his reign, he ^hmade a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the ⁱnobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: ^4*When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days. ⁵And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were ^†present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of ^kthe garden of the king’s palace; ⁶Where were white, green, and ^||blue, hangings, fastened with cords of ^lfine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: ^mthe beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement ^||of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble. ⁷And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and ^†royal wine in abundance, ^†according to the state of the king. ⁸And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.