Bible verse
In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.
Esther 1:2 · BSB
The verses around it, from Esther 1.
1 This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
2 In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.
3 In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.
4 And for a full 180 days he displayed the glorious riches of his kingdom and the magnificent splendor of his greatness.
5 At the end of this time, in the garden court of the royal palace, the king held a seven-day feast for all the people in the citadel of Susa, from the least to the greatest.
6 Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.
KJV
[That] in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which [was] in Shushan the palace,
ASV
that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
ERV
that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
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