Esther 1:2 KJV — MannaFest

Esther 1:2

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.

YLT

in those days, at the sitting of the king Ahasuerus on the throne of his kingdom, that is in Shushan the palace,

DBT

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

About this book

Old Testament

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Esther — A Jewish orphan becomes queen of Persia; Haman plots genocide; Mordecai and Esther intervene; deliverance comes by providence — and God's name never once appears in the book.

Author: Anonymous; some rabbinic tradition attributes to Mordecai
Date: Events c. 483–473 BC, during Xerxes I's reign (Heb. Ahasuerus); compilation 4th–5th century BC

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13 verses on the floor

Nehemiah 1:1
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
2 Samuel 7:1
And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
Daniel 8:2
And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
1 Kings 1:46
And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
Ezra 4:9
Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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