Esther 1:2

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

That in those days {H3117}, when the king {H4428} Ahasuerus {H325} sat {H3427} on the throne {H3678} of his kingdom {H4438}, which was in Shushan {H7800} the palace {H1002},

It was in those days, when King Achashverosh sat on his royal throne in Shushan the capital,

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

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

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  • 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.

  • Esther 2:3

    And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given [them]:

  • Esther 9:12

    And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what [is] thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what [is] thy request further? and it shall be done.

  • Esther 9:15

    For the Jews that [were] in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
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