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


In Context

1 In the days of Assuerus, who reigned from India to Ethiopia over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces:

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

3 Now in the third year of his reign he made a great feast for all the princes, and for his servants, for the most mighty of the Persians, and the nobles of the Medes, and the governors of the provinces in his sight,

4 That he might shew the riches of the glory of his kingdom, and the greatness, and boasting of his power, for a long time, to wit, for a hundred and fourscore 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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,