Ester 1:5

5 Cuando se cumplieron estos días, el rey hizo para todo el pueblo que se encontraba en la fortaleza de Susa, desde el mayor hasta el menor, un banquete de siete días en el atrio del jardín del palacio del rey.

Ester 1:5 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 1:5

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 ^F14, 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 ^F15; 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 ^F16.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Midrash Esther, fol. 94. 1.
F15 Apud Joseph. contr. Apion. l. 1. c. 22.
F16 Ctesias & Dinon in Athenaei Deipnosoph. l. 4.

Ester 1:5 In-Context

3 en el año tercero de su reinado, hizo un banquete para todos sus príncipes y servidores, estando en su presencia los oficiales del ejército de Persia y Media, los nobles y los príncipes de sus provincias.

4 Y él mostró las riquezas de la gloria de su reino y el esplendor de su gran majestad durante muchos días, ciento ochenta días.

5 Cuando se cumplieron estos días, el rey hizo para todo el pueblo que se encontraba en la fortaleza de Susa, desde el mayor hasta el menor, un banquete de siete días en el atrio del jardín del palacio del rey.

6 Había colgaduras de lino blanco y violeta sostenidas por cordones de lino fino y púrpura en anillos de plata y columnas de mármol, y lechos de oro y plata sobre un pavimento mosaico de pórfido, de mármol, de alabastro y de piedras preciosas.

7 Las bebidas se servían en vasijas de oro de diferentes formas, y el vino real abundaba conforme a la liberalidad del rey.