Esther 1:7

Beverages were served in an array of goblets of gold, each with a different design, and the royal wine flowed freely, according to the king’s bounty.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The text describes provisions during a royal banquet, detailing the service arranged by the king's household.

The words — The verse highlights vessels differing in design (שׁוֹנִים, sho.Nim) and the wine as royal (מַלְכוּת, mal.Khut).

The thread — The inventory of gold drinking vessels parallels Daniel 5:2 and the reigns of Solomon in 1 Kings 10:21 and 2 Chronicles 9:20.

Why it lands — The passage records the king's unrestricted provision and the mandate that officials serve every guest's desire without limit.

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The Hebrew words

וְהַשְׁקוֹת֙ve./hash.kOtand/ they gave to drink בִּכְלֵ֣יbi/kh.Leiin/ vessels of זָהָ֔בza.Havgold וְכֵלִ֖יםve./khe.Limand/ vessels מִכֵּלִ֣יםmi./ke.Limfrom/ vessels שׁוֹנִ֑יםsho.Nim[were] differing וְיֵ֥יןve./Yeinand/ wine of מַלְכ֛וּתmal.Khutroyalty רָ֖בrav[was] much כְּיַ֥דke./Yadaccording to/ [the] hand of הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha./Me.lekhthe/ king

King James Version

And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.

Cross-references

Daniel 5:2 Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.
1 Kings 10:21 All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
2 Chronicles 9:20 All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
Esther 2:18 Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.