Esther 1:3-7 in the third year of his reign, he made a banquet unto all his rulers, and his servants,––the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and the rulers being before him;

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ in the third year of his reign, he made a banquet unto all his rulers, and his servants,––the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and the rulers being before him; ⁴ when he showed the riches of the glory of his kingdom, and the splendour of his excellent majesty, many days, a hundred and eighty days; ⁵ that, when these days were fulfilled, the king made––for all the people that were present in Shusan the palace, both for great and small––a banquet, seven days,––in the court of the garden of the palace of the king: ⁶ white stuff, cotton and blue, being held fast with cords of fine linen and purple, upon rods of silver, and pillars of white marble,––the couches being of gold and silver, upon a pavement of alabaster and white marble, and pearl and black marble. ⁷ And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, vessels, from vessels, being diverse,––even the wine of the kingdom in abundance, by the bounty of the king.