以斯帖记 1:5

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

這些日子過了，王又為所有在書珊城的人民，無論尊卑大小，在御園的院子裡擺設筵席七天。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
这 日 子 满 了 ， 又 为 所 有 住 书 珊 城 的 大 小 人 民 在 御 园 的 院 子 里 设 摆 筵 席 七 日 。

Contextual Overview

¹ This is what happened during the time of King Xerxes, the king who ruled the one hundred twenty-seven states from India to Cush. ² In those days King Xerxes ruled from his capital city of Susa. ³ In the third year of his rule, he gave a banquet for all his important men and royal officers. The army leaders from the countries of Persia and Media and the important men from all Xerxes' empire were there. ⁴ The banquet lasted one hundred eighty days. All during that time King Xerxes was showing off the great wealth of his kingdom and his own great riches and glory. ⁵ When the one hundred eighty days were over, the king gave another banquet. It was held in the courtyard of the palace garden for seven days, and it was for everybody in the palace at Susa, from the greatest to the least. ⁶ The courtyard had fine white curtains and purple drapes that were tied to silver rings on marble pillars by white and purple cords. And there were gold and silver couches on a floor set with tiles of white marble, shells, and gems. ⁷ Wine was served in gold cups of various kinds. And there was plenty of the king's wine, because he was very generous. ⁸ The king commanded that the guests be permitted to drink as much as they wished. He told the wine servers to serve each man what he wanted. ⁹ Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

present: Heb. found

seven days: 2 Chronicles 7:8, 2 Chronicles 7:9, 2 Chronicles 30:21-25

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:2 - both small and great Mark 6:39 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 1:8
God named the air "sky." Evening passed, and morning came. This was the second day.

Genesis 1:13
Evening passed, and morning came. This was the third day.

Genesis 1:19
Evening passed, and morning came. This was the fourth day.

Genesis 1:23
Evening passed, and morning came. This was the fifth day.

Genesis 1:31
God looked at everything he had made, and it was very good. Evening passed, and morning came. This was the sixth day.

Genesis 8:22
"As long as the earth continues, planting and harvest, cold and hot, summer and winter, day and night will not stop."

Psalms 19:2
Day after day they tell the story; night after night they tell it again.

Psalms 74:16
Both the day and the night are yours; you made the sun and the moon.

Psalms 104:20
You make it dark, and it becomes night. Then all the wild animals creep around.

Isaiah 45:7
I made the light and the darkness. I bring peace, and I cause troubles. I, the Lord , do all these things.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when these days were ended,.... The one hundred and eighty, in which the nobles, princes, and great men of the kingdom were feasted:

the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small; of every age, rank, state and condition of life; these were the common people, whether inhabitants of the city or country people there on business, whether natives or foreigners; according to the Targum, there were Israelites there, but not Mordecai and his family; yea, it is said in the Midrash n, that they were all Jews, and that their number was 18,500; but this is not probable; it is very likely there were some Jews among them, as there were many in the army of Xerxes, when he made his expedition into Greece, according to the poet Choerilus o; which is not to be wondered at, since there were so many of them in his dominions, and they men of valour and fidelity, and to whose nation he was so kind and favourable: and this feast was kept

seven days in the court of the garden of the king's palace; which no doubt was very large, and sufficient to hold such a number as was assembled together on this occasion, when there was not room enough for them in the palace. There is in history an account of a Persian king that supped with 15,000 men, and in the supper spent forty talents p.

n Midrash Esther, fol. 94. 1. o Apud Joseph. contr. Apion. l. 1. c. 22. p Ctesias & Dinon in Athenaei Deipnosoph. l. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Feasts on this extensive scale were not unusual in the East. Cyrus is said on one occasion to have feasted “all the Persians.” Even ordinarily, the later Persian monarchs entertained 15,000 persons at their table.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Esther 1:5. A feast unto all the people — The first was a feast for the nobles in general; this, for the people of the city at large.

In the court of the garden — As the company was very numerous that was to be received, no apartments in the palace could be capable of containing them; therefore the court of the garden was chosen.