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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  1. Esther 1:2 Or Susa
  2. Esther 1:2 Or fortified palace, and so elsewhere in the book

Nehemiah Prays for His People

The words of (A)Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah.

It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the (B)twentieth year, as I was in (C)Shushan[a] the [b]citadel,

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  1. Nehemiah 1:1 Or Susa
  2. Nehemiah 1:1 Or fortified palace, and so elsewhere in the book

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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  1. Daniel 8:2 Or Susa
  2. Daniel 8:2 Or fortified palace

God’s Covenant with David(A)

Now it came to pass (B)when the king was dwelling in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies all around,

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I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace.

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12 And the king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the citadel, and the ten sons of Haman. What have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? Now (A)what is your petition? It shall be granted to you. Or what is your further request? It shall be done.”

13 Then Esther said, “If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do again tomorrow (B)according to today’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons (C)be hanged on the gallows.”

14 So the king commanded this to be done; the decree was issued in Shushan, and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.

15 And the Jews who were in [a]Shushan (D)gathered together again on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and killed three hundred men at Shushan; (E)but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

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  1. Esther 9:15 Or Susa

16 “Go, gather all the Jews who are present in [a]Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for (A)three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; (B)and if I perish, I perish!”

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  1. Esther 4:16 Or Susa

15 The couriers went out, hastened by the king’s command; and the decree was proclaimed in [a]Shushan the [b]citadel. So the king and Haman sat down to drink, but (A)the city of Shushan was [c]perplexed.

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  1. Esther 3:15 Or Susa
  2. Esther 3:15 palace
  3. Esther 3:15 in confusion

and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather all the beautiful young virgins to [a]Shushan the [b]citadel, into the women’s quarters, under the custody of [c]Hegai the king’s eunuch, custodian of the women. And let beauty preparations be given them.

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  1. Esther 2:3 Or Susa
  2. Esther 2:3 palace
  3. Esther 2:3 Heb. Hege

46 Also Solomon (A)sits on the throne of the kingdom.

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