Esther 1:13

Which knew the times; either,

1. The histories of former times, what princes have done in such cases as this was. Or,

2. Things done or to be done in time; what was just and fit to be done, or what was the law and judgment in these cases, as the following words explain it, and how and when things were to be done. See Poole on "1 Chronicles 12:32". Times are oft put in Scripture and other authors for the things done in them, by a common figure called a metonymy of the adjunct. So was the king's manner, to wit, to consult with them in all matters of moment.