Esther 1:1
New King James Version
The King Dethrones Queen Vashti
1 Now it came to pass in the days of (A)Ahasuerus[a] (this was the Ahasuerus who reigned (B)over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, (C)from India to Ethiopia),
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- Esther 1:1 Generally identified with Xerxes I (485–464 b.c.)
Esther 1:2
New King James Version
2 in those days when King Ahasuerus (A)sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in (B)Shushan[a] the [b]citadel,
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- Esther 1:2 Or Susa
- Esther 1:2 Or fortified palace, and so elsewhere in the book
Esther 1:5
New King James Version
5 And when these days were completed, the king made a feast lasting seven days for all the people who were present in [a]Shushan the [b]citadel, from great to small, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.
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- Esther 1:5 Or Susa
- Esther 1:5 palace
Daniel 8:2
New King James Version
2 I saw in the vision, and it so happened while I was looking, that I was in (A)Shushan,[a] the [b]citadel, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision that I was by the River Ulai.
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- Daniel 8:2 Or Susa
- Daniel 8:2 Or fortified palace
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