8 This banquet was not according to the appointed law, but as the king desired to have it. He charged the stewards to perform his will and that of the company. (WEB)
Greek Esther 1:8
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Esther 1:7–9
7 Beverages were served in an array of goblets of gold, each with a different design, and the royal wine flowed freely, according to the king’s bounty. 8 By order of the king, no limit was placed on the drinking, and every official of his household was to serve ea…
3 Maccabees 5:35–37
35 The Jews, having heard of these events, praised the glorious God and King of kings, because they had obtained this help, too, from him. (WEB) 36 Now the king arranged another banquet in the same way, and proclaimed an invitation to mirth. (WEB) 37 He summoned Hermon to his prese… (WEB)
3 Maccabees 5:16–18
16 The king listened to this, and then turning aside to his drinking, commanded the guests to sit down before him. (WEB) 17 This done, he asked them to enjoy themselves, and to indulge in mirth at this somewhat late hour of the banquet. (WEB) 18 Conversation grew on, and the king s… (WEB)
Greek Esther 9:3–4
3 For the chiefs of the local governors, and the princes and the royal scribes, honored the Jews; for the fear of Mordecai was upon them. (WEB) 4 For the order of the king was in force, that he should be celebrated in all the kingdom. (WEB)
Judith 12:1–2
1 He commanded that she should be brought in where his silver vessels were set, and asked that his servants should prepare some of his own delicacies for her, and that she should drink from his own wine. (WEB) 2 And Judith said, “I can’t eat of it, lest there be an occa… (WEB)
Esther 1:2–4
2 In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa. 3 In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the prov…
2 Maccabees 6:20–22
20 as men ought to come who are resolute to repel such things as not even for the natural love of life is it lawful to taste. (WEB) 21 But those who had the charge of that forbidden sacrificial feast took the man aside, for the acquaintance which of old times they had wit… (WEB)
Greek Esther 1:14–16
14 So Arkesaeus, Sarsathaeus, and Malisear, the princes of the Persians and Medes, who were near the king, who sat chief in rank by the king, drew near to him, (WEB) 15 and reported to him according to the laws what it was proper to do to queen Vashti, because she had not… (WEB)
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