The courtyard was beautifully decorated with white cotton curtains and blue hangings, which were fastened with white linen cords and purple ribbons to silver rings embedded in marble pillars. Gold and silver couches stood on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.
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Rather, “where was an awning of fine white cotton and violet.” White and blue (or violet) were the royal colors in Persia. Such awnings as are desc…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Where were white... —This should be [hangings of] “white cotton and blue.” The word translated “cotton” (Hebrew, carpas) …
John Gill
JohnGill
Where were white, green, and blue hangings
Or curtains of fine linen, as the Targum, which were of these several col…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
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…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes