The Lord Will

Esther 1:6

β€œWhere were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.”

KJV

Read in Esther 1

Meaning

The detailed dΓ©cor reinforces the theme of conspicuous royal wealth. The narrator lingers on material magnificence so that the reader sees an empire outwardly ordered and luxurious even as the human decisions within it soon become disorderly.