Greek Esther 2:16-18

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁶ So Esther went in to King Artaxerxes in the twelfth month, which is Adar, in the seventh year of his reign. ¹⁷ And the king loved Esther and she found favour beyond all the other virgins, so he put on her the queen’s diadem. ¹⁸ Then the king gave a banquet lasting seven days for all his Friends and the officers, to celebrate his marriage to Esther; and he granted a remission of taxes to those who were under his rule.