Esther 1:3-5

New Catholic Bible

³ and in the third year of his reign, he threw a great banquet for all his nobles and officials. The military commanders of Persia and Media were present, and so were the princes and the nobles of the provinces.

⁴ For a full one hundred and eighty days the king showcased the wealth of his kingdom and the splendor and glory of his majesty. ⁵ When these days were over, he threw a banquet, lasting seven days, in the enclosed garden of his palace, for all the people, from the least to the greatest, who lived in the citadel of Susa.