Esther 1:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

In vessels of gold. — This shows the immense treasures in the hand of the Persian king, when the whole population of Susa could be thus accommodated.

Royal wine. — Perhaps wine of Helbon (Ezekiel 27:18); the original seems to imply more than merely wine from the royal cellars: as the king was feasting his people, it could hardly have been otherwise.

State. — Literally, hand.

Esther 1:7

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