Feasts on this extensive scale were not unusual in the East. Cyrus is said on one occasion to have feasted “all the Persians.” Even ordinarily, the…

All the people. —So we find Cyrus feasting “all the Persians” (Herod. i. 126).

And when these days were ended
The one hundred and eighty, in which the nobles, princes, and great men of the kingdo…

As pride rose in Ahasuerus's heart with the grandeur of his kingdom, he made an extravagant feast. This was vainglory. A dinner of herbs with quiet…