Esther 1:8-10

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⁸ ·The king commanded that the guests be permitted to drink as much as they wished [^LThe drinking was according to law/edict without compulsion]. He told the ·wine servers [staff] to serve each man what he wanted.

⁹ Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal ·palace [^Lhouse] of King ·Xerxes [^LAhasuerus].

¹⁰ On the seventh day of the banquet, King ·Xerxes [^LAhasuerus] was ·very happy [in high spirits], because of the wine. He gave a command to the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas.