Esther 1:5
“And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace;”
KJV
Read in Esther 1Meaning
The feast broadens from the elite to the wider palace population, extending the king's public display of generosity and status. The setting also creates the immediate context for the command to Vashti that will disrupt the celebration.