Esther 1:2
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New International Version (©1984)
At that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,

New Living Translation (©2007)
At that time Xerxes ruled his empire from his royal throne at the fortress of Susa.

English Standard Version (©2001)
in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the capital,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
in those days as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in Susa,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
At the time when King Xerxes sat on the royal throne in the fortress of Susa,

King James Bible
That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

American King James Version
That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

American Standard Version
that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

Bible in Basic English
That in those days, when King Ahasuerus was ruling in Shushan, his strong town,

Douay-Rheims Bible
When he sat on the throne of his kingdom, the city Susan was the capital of his kingdom.

Darby Bible Translation
in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the fortress,

English Revised Version
that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

Webster's Bible Translation
That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

World English Bible
that in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

Young's Literal Translation
in those days, at the sitting of the king Ahasuerus on the throne of his kingdom, that is in Shushan the palace,

Geneva Study Bible

That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus {c} sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

(c) That is, had rest and quietness.

Wesley's Notes

1:2 Sat - Was settled in the peaceable possession of it. Shushan - The chief or royal city. Shushan might be the proper name of the palace, which thence was given to the whole city. Here the kings of Persia used to keep their courts in winter, as at Exbatana in summer.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

1:1-9 The pride of Ahasuerus's heart rising with the grandeur of his kingdom, he made an extravagant feast. This was vain glory. Better is a dinner of herbs with quietness, than this banquet of wine, with all the noise and tumult that must have attended it. But except grace prevails in the heart, self-exaltation and self-indulgence, in one form or another, will be the ruling principle. Yet none did compel; so that if any drank to excess, it was their own fault. This caution of a heathen prince, even when he would show his generosity, may shame many called Christians, who, under pretence of sending the health round, send sin round, and death with it. There is a woe to them that do so; let them read it, and tremble, Hab 2:15,16.


1 Kings 1:46 "Besides, Solomon has even taken his seat on the throne of the kingdom.
Nehemiah 1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in Susa the capitol,
Daniel 8:2 I looked in the vision, and while I was looking I was in the citadel of Susa, which is in the province of Elam; and I looked in the vision and I myself was beside the Ulai Canal. (NASB ©1995)

Ahasuerus Ahasu-E'rus Capital Castle Citadel Fortress Kingdom Palace Reigned Royal Ruling Sat Shushan Sitting Strong Susa Throne Time Xerxes

That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

sat. 2Sa 7:1 1Ki 1:46 Da 4:4

Shushan. 2:3 3:15 4:16 9:12-15 Ne 1:1 Da 8:2

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