Esther 1:1

¶ Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this [is] Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, [over] an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

Now it came to pass in the days {H3117} of Ahasuerus {H325},(this is Ahasuerus {H325} which reigned {H4427}, from India {H1912} even unto Ethiopia {H3568}, over an hundred {H3967} and seven {H7651} and twenty {H6242} provinces {H4082}:)

These events took place in the time of Achashverosh, the Achashverosh who ruled over 127 provinces from India to Ethiopia.

This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces),

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Cross-References

  • Daniel 9:1 (7 votes)

    ¶ In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

  • Esther 8:9 (5 votes)

    Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that [is], the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which [are] from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

  • Esther 9:30 (4 votes)

    And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, [with] words of peace and truth,

  • Ezra 4:6 (4 votes)

    ¶ And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they [unto him] an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

  • Daniel 6:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;

  • Isaiah 37:9 (2 votes)

    And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard [it], he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

  • Isaiah 18:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which [is] beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: