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Esther 1:2
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that in those days, when the king Achashverosh sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel,
In those days King Xerxes ruled from his capital city of Susa.
In those days, as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa the citadel,
in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in Susa [the capital of the Persian Empire],
in those days as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in Susa,
that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
In those dayes when the King Ahashuerosh sate on his throne, which was in the palace of Shushan,
in those days as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in Susa,
In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.
It was in those days, when King Achashverosh sat on his royal throne in Shushan the capital,
in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the fortress,
King Xerxes ruled from his throne in the capital city of Susa.
In the days when King Akhshirash sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
In those days as King Ahasuerus was sitting on the throne of his kingdom, which was in the citadel of Susa,
in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom in Shushan the palace,
what tyme as he sat on his seate roiall in the castell of Susan
that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
That in those days, when King Ahasuerus was ruling in Shushan, his strong town,
Euen in those dayes when the king Ahasuerus sate on his seate royall, which was in Susan the chiefe citie:
that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the castle,
That in those dayes, when the King Ahasuerus sate on the throne of his kingdome, which was in Shushan the palace:
in those days, when king Artaxerxes was on the throne in the city of Susa,
that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
the citee Susa was the bigynnyng of his rewme.
that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
[That] in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which [was] in Shushan the palace,
in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan [fn] the citadel,
At that time Xerxes ruled his empire from his royal throne at the fortress of Susa.
In those days King Ahasuerus sat on the king's throne in the city of Susa.
In those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,
in those days, - when King Ahasuerus was sitting on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shusan the palace;
When he sat on the throne of his kingdom, the city Susan was the capital of his kingdom.
in those days when King Ahasu-e'rus sat on his royal throne in Susa the capital,
in those days, at the sitting of the king Ahasuerus on the throne of his kingdom, that [is] in Shushan the palace,
in those days as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in Susa,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
sat: 2 Samuel 7:1, 1 Kings 1:46, Daniel 4:4
Shushan: Esther 2:3, Esther 3:15, Esther 4:16, Esther 9:12-15, Nehemiah 1:1, Daniel 8:2
Reciprocal: Exodus 1:1 - General Ezra 4:9 - Susanchites Esther 2:5 - Shushan Esther 8:14 - Shushan Matthew 14:6 - birthday
Cross-References
The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs for seasons and for days and years.
He stretches the northern skies over empty space;he hangs the earth on nothing.
These are but the fringes of his ways;how faint is the word we hear of him!Who can understand his mighty thunder?
The heavens were made by the word of the Lord,and all the stars, by the breath of his mouth.
For this is what the Lord says—the Creator of the heavens,the God who formed the earth and made it,the one who established it(he did not create it to be a wasteland,but formed it to be inhabited)—he says, “I am the Lord,and there is no other.
Desolation, decimation, devastation!Hearts melt,knees tremble,insides churn,every face grows pale!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
That in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom,.... Not only was placed upon it, but settled in it; after Xerxes had subdued Egypt, in the second year of his reign e, and enjoyed great peace and tranquillity:
which was in Shushan the palace; that is, the throne of his kingdom was in Shushan, the royal city of the kings of Persia; of which
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e Herodot. ib. (Thalia, sive, l. 3.) c. 7.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Esther 1:2. Sat on the throne of his kingdom — Having subdued all his enemies, and brought universal peace to his empire. See the commencement of the introduction.
Shushan the palace — The ancient city of Susa, now called [Persian] Shuster by the Persians. This, with Ecbatana and Babylon, was a residence of the Persian kings. The word ××××¨× habbirah, which we render the palace, should be rendered the city, ενÏÎ¿Ï ÏοιÏÏηÏολει, as in the Septuagint.