2in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the fortress,


In Context

1 And it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (that is, the Ahasuerus that reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces),

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

3 in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of the provinces being before him;

4 when he shewed the glorious wealth of his kingdom and the splendid magnificence of his grandeur many days, a hundred and eighty days.

Esther 1:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:2[That] in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which [was] in Shushan the palace,

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:2At that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:2When he sat on the throne of his kingdom, the city Susan was the capital of his kingdom.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:2that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:2that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:2That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:2that in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:2in those days, at the sitting of the king Ahasuerus on the throne of his kingdom, that is in Shushan the palace,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:2That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,