² she hath slaughtered her cattle, she hath mingled her wine, she hath also prepared her table;

⁵ Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled.

⁷ And they gave drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the king's bounty.

⁸ And the drinking was, according to commandment, without constraint; for so the king had appointed to all the magnates of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

⁶ And the king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee; and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be done.