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Esther 1:7

5 At the end of this time, in the garden court of the royal palace, the king held a seven-day feast for all the people in the citadel of Susa, from the least to the greatest.

6 Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.

Beverages were served in an array of goblets of gold, each with a different design, and the royal wine flowed freely, according to the king’s bounty.

8 By order of the king, no limit was placed on the drinking, and every official of his household was to serve each man whatever he desired.

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

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BSB
Beverages were served in an array of goblets of gold, each with a different design, and the royal wine flowed freely, according to the king’s bounty.
KJV
And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
WEB
They gave them drinks in golden vessels of various kinds, including royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.
ASV
And they gave them drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And serving drinks in vessels of gold, and the vessels [were] varying vessels, and the wine of royalty [was] abundant, according to the hand of the king.
ÅB
Drikkene ble skjenket i skåler av gull, og skålene var alle ulik hverandre, og kongelig vin var det i mengde, som det høvde hos en konge.
OTB
Drikker ble servert i gullbegre, hvert forskjellig fra det andre, og den kongelige vinen var rikelig i samsvar med kongens generøsitet.
B1930
Drikkene blev skjenket i skåler av gull, og skålene var alle ulik hverandre, og kongelig vin var det i mengde, som det høvde hos en konge.

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  • Daniel 5:2–4

    Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.

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  • 1 Kings 10:21

    All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.

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  • 2 Chronicles 9:20

    All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.

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  • Esther 2:18

    Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.

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