Esther 1:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

The beds; for in those eastern countries and ancient times they did not sit at tables, as we do, but rested or leaned upon beds; of which we have many testimonies, both in Scripture, as Esther 7:8 Amos 2:8, Amos 6:4 1 Thessalonians 13:23, and in all other authors.

Esther 1:6

6 Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.