And when these days were fulfilled, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.
(There were hangings of) white (cloth), (of) green, and (of) blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble.
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by the chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
And letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth (day) of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; And the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
Pleasant words are (as) a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth (against) his own life.
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.