When those days<n id="1" /> were completed, the king then provided a seven-day<n id="2" /> banquet for all the people who were present<n id="3" /> in Susa the citadel, for those of highest standing to the most lowly.<n id="4" /> It was held in the court located in the garden of the royal palace.

<t /><p class="bodytext">On the seventh day, as King Ahasuerus was feeling the effects of the wine,<n id="1" /> he ordered Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who attended him,<n id="2" />

Those who were closest to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan. These men were the seven officials of Persia and Media who saw the king on a regular basis<n id="1" /> and had the most prominent offices<n id="2" /> in the kingdom.