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Esther 1:1-2
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1 These events happened during the time of Xerxes,[a] when Xerxes was ruling over one hundred twenty-seven provinces from India to Cush.[b] 2 King Xerxes was ruling on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel.[c]

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  1. Esther 1:1 Also known as Ahasuerus
  2. Esther 1:1 Cush was located in the present-day country of Sudan, south of Egypt.
  3. Esther 1:2 Or fortress. The term designates cities as royal cities of the Persian Empire, but at times it refers only to the palace complex of such a city.
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