⁸ He then brought some curds^(A) and milk^(B) and the calf that had been prepared, and set these before them.^(C) While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.

⁹ “Where is your wife Sarah?”^(A) they asked him.

“There, in the tent,^(B)” he said.

³ and in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet^(A) for all his nobles and officials. The military leaders of Persia and Media, the princes, and the nobles of the provinces were present.

⁹ Queen Vashti also gave a banquet^(A) for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.