Moreover, wine betrays the arrogant man: He is not at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, he is like death and can’t be satisfied, He gathers to himself all nations and gathers all peoples to himself.
The couriers went out in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Susa was perplexed.
When Ben Hadad heard this message as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, he said to his servants, “Y’all prepare to attack!” So they prepared to attack the city.
His servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah;
On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcass, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,