Esther 1:2
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that in those days when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in the palace in Shushan,
that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in Susa [the capital of the Persian Empire],
In those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was in Shushan or Susa [the capital of the Persian Empire] in the palace or castle,
That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
In those days King Ahasuerus reigned from his royal throne in the fortress at Susa.
In those days King Ahasuerus reigned from his royal throne in the fortress at Susa.
At that time, Ahasuerus ruled the kingdom from his royal throne in the fortified part of Susa.
It was in those days, when King Achashverosh sat on his royal throne in Shushan the capital,
King Xerxes of Persia lived in his capital city of Susa and ruled 127 provinces from India to Ethiopia.
in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the fortress,
When he sat on the throne of his kingdom, the city Susan was the capital of his kingdom.
King Xerxes ruled from his throne in the capital city of Susa.
King Xerxes lived in the capital, the city of Susa.
King Xerxes was ruling on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel.
in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel,
in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the capital,
In those days King ·Xerxes [L Ahasuerus] ·ruled from his [L sat on his royal throne in the] ·capital city [or fortress; citadel; C the winter residence of Persian kings, separate from the city] of Susa.
In those days when the king Ahasuerus sat on his throne, which was in the palace of Shushan,
At the time when King Xerxes sat on the royal throne in the fortress of Susa,
From his royal throne in Persia's capital city of Susa, King Xerxes ruled 127 provinces, all the way from India to Ethiopia.
In those days King Ahasuerus reigned from his royal throne in the fortress at Susa.
In those days King Xerxes ruled from his capital city of Susa.
At that time King Ahasuerus was ruling from Susa the capital.
That in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan, the palace,
That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
in those days as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in Susa,
In those days as King Ahasuerus was sitting on the throne of his kingdom, which was in the citadel of Susa,
It was the third year of the reign of King Ahasuerus, emperor of vast Media-Persia, with its 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia. This was the year of the great celebration at Shushan Palace, to which the emperor invited all his governors, aides, and army officers, bringing them in from every part of Media-Persia for the occasion.
This is the story of something that happened in the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled from India to Ethiopia—127 provinces in all. King Xerxes ruled from his royal throne in the palace complex of Susa. In the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his officials and ministers. The military brass of Persia and Media were also there, along with the princes and governors of the provinces.
in those days, the palace where King Ahasuerus sat on the royal throne of his kingdom was in Susa.
At the time when King Xerxes sat on the royal throne in the fortress of Susa,
while he was occupying the royal throne in the royal precinct of Susa,
in those days as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in Susa,
in those days as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in Susa,
At that time, King Ahasuerus was reigning from the royal throne of the citadel of Susa,
In those days King Xerxes ruled from his capital city of Susa.
In those days, as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa the citadel,
He was ruling from his royal throne in the fort of Susa.
At that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,
at that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,
in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the citadel,
In those days King Ahasuerus sat on the king’s throne in the city of Susa.
At that time Xerxes ruled his empire from his royal throne at the fortress of Susa.
In those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,
In those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,
In those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,
In those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,
That in those yamim, when HaMelech Achashverosh sat on his kisse malkhut (royal throne), which was in the [Persian] capital, Shushan,
in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his throne, which was in the palace of Shushan),
in those days when King Ahasu-e′rus sat on his royal throne in Susa the capital,
in those days when King Ahasu-e′rus sat on his royal throne in Susa the capital,
At that time King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in the castle in Shushan.
In those days King Ahasuerus’ throne was in the citadel of Susa.
in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Susa the palace,
when he sat in the seat of his realm, the city of Susa was the beginning of his realm. (when he sat on the throne of his kingdom, in the city of Susa, the capital of his kingdom.)
in those days, at the sitting of the king Ahasuerus on the throne of his kingdom, that [is] in Shushan the palace,
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