And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
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Interpretation
Ahasuerus's feast ended in heaviness, by his own folly. Seasons of peculiar festivity often end in vexation.
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This thought runs through Esther 1:13-17.