Bible Verses About Shushan: 1. Capital of the Medo-Persian empire

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

in the third year of his reign, he hath made a banquet to all his heads and his servants; of the force of Persia and Media, the chiefs and heads of the provinces are before him,

And Mordecai went out from before the king, in royal clothing of blue and white, and a great crown of gold, and a garment of fine linen and purple, and the city of Shushan hath rejoiced and been glad;