Banquets and Feasts
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a
gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou
unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go
thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing
pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made....
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If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it
please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my
request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I
shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king
hath said....
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[Now] the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his
lords, came into the banquet house: [and] the queen spake and
said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble
thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:...
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Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do
as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet
that Esther had prepared....
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Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come
in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but
myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the
king....
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Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place
of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed
whereon Esther [was]. Then said the king, Will he force the
queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the
king's mouth, they covered Haman's face....
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Both social and religious. At the three great religious
feasts, when all the males appeared before Jehovah, the
family had its feast, of which the stranger, the fatherless,
and the widow had their share (Deuteronomy 16:11).
Sacrifices were accompanied by a feast (Exodus 34:15; Judges
16:23-25). The "lovefeasts" of the early Christians sprung
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a feast provided for the entertainment of a company of
guests
(Esther 5; 7; 1 Pet. 4:3); such as was provided for
our Lord by
his friends in Bethany (Matt. 26:6; Mark 14:3; comp.
John 12:2).
These meals were in the days of Christ usually
called "suppers,"
after the custom of the Romans, and were partaken of
toward the
close of the day. It...
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among the Hebrews, were not only a means of social enjoyment,
but were a part of the observance of religious festivity. At
the three solemn festivals the family also had its domestic
feast. De 16:11 Sacrifices, both ordinary and extraordinary,
Ex 34:15; Jud 16:23 includes a banquet. Birthday banquets are
only mentioned Ge 40:20; Mt 14:6 The us...
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ban'-kwet.
1. The Ancient Hebrew Customs:
(1) "Banquet" and "banqueting" in the King James Version
always include and stand for wine-drinking, not simply
"feast" or "feasting" in our sense. Thus (Song 2:4), "He
brought me to the banqueting-house" is literally, "the house
of wine," and Est 7:2 has in the Hebrew "a banquet of wine."
In the New T...
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