And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
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Gill's Exposition
They gave them drink in vessels of gold, the vessels being divers one from another,.... In the pattern and workmanship of them, though of the same metal, which diversity made the festival the more…
Adam Clarke
Vessels being diverse - They had different services of plate.
Which of the kings of Persia this Ahasuerus was the learned are not agreed. Mordecai is said to have been one of those that were carried captive from Jerusalem (Est 2:5, Est 2:6), whence it should…
Cambridge Bible
vessels of gold Many such were captured by the Greeks in the Persian camp near Plataea.
the vessels being diverse one from another This seems to be noted as an unusual circumstance. In the…
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