What is thy petition? He must have seen that there was something behind the mere banquet.
Petition. question.
request. wish.
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Esther 5:6
6 And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.