1 Esdras 3:3

3 They ate and drank, and when they were satisfied they departed; and Darius the king went to his bedroom, and went to sleep, and then awoke.

1 Esdras 3:3 In-Context

1 Now King Darius gave a great banquet for all that were under him and all that were born in his house and all the nobles of Media and Persia

2 and all the satraps and generals and governors that were under him in the hundred and twenty-seven satrapies from India to Ethiopia.

3 They ate and drank, and when they were satisfied they departed; and Darius the king went to his bedroom, and went to sleep, and then awoke.

4 Then the three young men of the bodyguard, who kept guard over the person of the king, said to one another,

5 "Let each of us state what one thing is strongest; and to him whose statement seems wisest, Darius the king will give rich gifts and great honors of victory.