Esther 1:5
1:5 When those days
were completed, the king then provided a seven-day
banquet for all the people who were present
in Susa the citadel, for those of highest standing to the most lowly.
It was held in the court located in the garden of the royal palace.
Esther 4:8
4:8 He also gave him a written copy of the law that had been disseminated
in Susa for their destruction so that he could show it to Esther and talk to her about it. He also gave instructions that she should go to the king to implore him and petition him on behalf of her people.
Esther 9:12-13
9:12 Then the king said to Queen Esther, “In Susa the citadel the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman! What then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? What is your request? It shall be given to you. What other petition do you have? It shall be done.”
9:13 Esther replied, “If the king is so inclined, let the Jews who are in Susa be permitted to act tomorrow also according to today’s law, and let them hang the ten sons of Haman on the gallows.”
Esther 9:18
The Origins of the Feast of Purim
9:18 But the Jews who were in Susa assembled on the thirteenth and fourteenth days, and rested on the fifteenth, making it a day for banqueting and happiness.
Esther 4:16
4:16 “Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa and fast in my behalf. Don’t eat and don’t drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I
will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law.
If I perish, I perish!”