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People at the feast drank from gold cups. Each cup was different. The king gave plenty of his own wine to everyone to drink. Everyone could drink as much wine as they wanted. The king told his officers to give each person what they wanted, no more and no less.

At the same time, the king's wife, Queen Vashti, gave a feast for all the women in the palace.[a]

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  1. 1:9 Queen Vashti had her feast in a different part of the palace than the king's feast.

Wine was served in goblets of gold, each one different from the other, and the royal wine was abundant, in keeping with the king’s liberality.(A) By the king’s command each guest was allowed to drink with no restrictions, for the king instructed all the wine stewards to serve each man what he wished.

Queen Vashti also gave a banquet(B) for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.

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