. A dictionary of the Bible .. . ta distance of about 150 or 200 feet from tlie frontof the northern portico, where its remains willprobably now be found when looked for. We mayalso be tolerably ceiiain that the inner court,where Esther appeared1 implore the kingsfcivour (Esth. V. 1),was the space betweenthe northern porticoand this square build-in4, the outer courtthe space be-tween the KingsGate and the northernterrace wall. We may No. 5. Restored plan of the Kings n1o(, r„-p(l,Vate with to-Gate at palace of Persepolis. , pieuicate Wlin 10 Scale 100 ft. to an inch. lerable certainty that the
. A dictionary of the Bible .. . ta distance of about 150 or 200 feet from tlie frontof the northern portico, where its remains willprobably now be found when looked for. We mayalso be tolerably ceiiain that the inner court,where Esther appeared1 implore the kingsfcivour (Esth. V. 1),was the space betweenthe northern porticoand this square build-in4, the outer courtthe space be-tween the KingsGate and the northernterrace wall. We may No. 5. Restored plan of the Kings n1o(, r„-p(l,Vate with to-Gate at palace of Persepolis. , pieuicate Wlin 10 Scale 100 ft. to an inch. lerable certainty that the Royal House (i. 9) and the House of the Women (ii. 9, 11)were situated behind this great hall to the south-ward, or between it and the citadel, and having adirect communication with it either by means of abridge over the ravine, or a covered way undergiound, most probably the fomier. There seems also no reasonable doubt but that itwas in front of one of the lateral porticoes of thisbuilding that King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) made a. feast unto all the people that were present in Shu-shan the palace, both unto great and small, sevendays in the court of the garden of the kings palace ;where were white, green, and blue hangings, fastenedwith cords of fine linen and purple to silver ringsand pillars of marble: the beds were of gold andsilver upon a pavement of red and blue and whiteand black marble (Esth. i. 5, 6). From thisit is evident that the feast took place, not in theinterior of any hall, but out of doors, in tentserected in one of the courts of the palace, such aswe may easily fancy existed in fiont of either theeastern or western porches of the great centralbuilding. The whole of this great group of buildings wasraised on an artificial mound, nearly square in plan,measuring about 1000 feet each way, and rising toa height apparently of 50 or 60 feet above theplain. As the principal building must, like thoseat Persepolis, have had a talar or raised platform[Temple] above its ro
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