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The celebration lasted six months, a tremendous display of the wealth and glory of his empire.

When it was all over, the king gave a special party for the palace servants and officials—janitors and cabinet officials alike—for seven days of revelry, held in the courtyard of the palace garden. The decorations were green, white, and blue, fastened with purple ribbons[a] tied to silver rings imbedded in marble pillars. Gold and silver benches stood on pavements of black, red, white, and yellow marble.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 1:6 fastened with purple ribbons, literally, “fastened with cords of fine linen and purple thread.”

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