That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
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▾
About this book
Old TestamentEsther — 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