6 White and blue tapestries were fastened with cords of fine linen and purple on silver rods and marble columns — the couches were of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and black marble.

7 And they served drinks in golden vessels, the vessels being different from one another, with much royal wine, according to the hand of the sovereign.

8 And drinking was according to the law, no one was compelled, for so the sovereign had ordered all the officers of his house, that they should do according to each one’s pleasure.