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Drinks were served in goblets of gold and goblets of different kinds,[a] and there was plentiful royal wine according to the bounty of the king.[b] There were no restrictions on the drinking, for the king had instructed every official of his palace to do as each one pleased. Furthermore, Queen Vashti gave a banquet for the women in the palace[c] that belonged to King Ahasuerus.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 1:7 Literally “goblets from changing goblets”
  2. Esther 1:7 Literally “much wine of the kingdom according to the hand of the king”
  3. Esther 1:9 Literally “in the house of the reign” or “in the house of the kingdom”