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     * If it seem.
     # 8; Pr 29:11|
     * the banquet.  {Mishteh,} from {shathah,} "to drink," a
       compotation.  feast, or banquet accompanied with drinking;
       the drinking in the East being at the beginning, and not at
       the end of the entertainment.
       Olearius, describing an entertainment at the Persian court,
       says, "The floor of the hall was covered with cotton cloth,
       which was covered with all sorts of fruits and sweetmeats in
       basons of gold.  With them was served up excellent Shiraz
       wine.  After an hour's time, the sweetmeats were removed, to
       make way for the more substantial part of the entertainment,
       such as rice, boiled and roast mutton, etc.  When the company
       had been at table an hour and a half, warm water was brought,
       in a ewer of gold, for washing; and grace being said, they
       began to retire without speaking a word, according to the
       custom of the country."

     # 8; 3:15; Ge 27:25; 32:20; Ps 112:5; 1Co 14:20|