OLD TESTAMENT

Esther 5:6

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At the banquet, the king said to Esther, “What is your request, queen Esther? You shall have all that you require.”

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Verse 6. Wine. The Persians did not drink till the end of the feast, (as the Turks are said to do at present. Tavernier) when they fall upon wine without any moderation. Ælian, Hist. xii. 1.

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