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Esther 1:1–2

Now it came to pass in the days of aAhasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from bIndia even unto cEthiopia, over dan hundred and seven and twenty eprovinces:) That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus fsat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in gShushan the palace,

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Esther 1:1–2 — The New International Version (NIV)

This is what happened during the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush: At that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,

Esther 1:1–2 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces, in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel,

Esther 1:1–2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

These events happened in the days of King Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia. At that time Xerxes ruled his empire from his royal throne at the fortress of Susa.

Esther 1:1–2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this was the Ahasuerus who reigned over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India to Ethiopia), in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the citadel,

Esther 1:1–2 — New Century Version (NCV)

This is what happened during the time of King Xerxes, the king who ruled the one hundred twenty-seven states from India to Cush. In those days King Xerxes ruled from his capital city of Susa.

Esther 1:1–2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces), that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

Esther 1:1–2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (that is, the Ahasuerus that reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces), in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the fortress,

Esther 1:1–2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

In the days of Xerxes the following events took place. This was the same Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces from India to Sudan. At the time when King Xerxes sat on the royal throne in the fortress of Susa,

Esther 1:1–2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

These events took place during the days of Ahasuerus, who ruled 127 provinces from India to Cush. In those days King Ahasuerus reigned from his royal throne in the fortress at Susa.

Esther 1:1–2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

This happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the same Ahasuerus who ruled over one hundred twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia. In those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,

Esther 1:1–2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And it happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Cush—over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces. In those days as King Ahasuerus was sitting on the throne of his kingdom, which was in the citadel of Susa,

Esther 1:1–2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

King Xerxes ruled over the 127 territories in his kingdom. They reached from India all the way to Cush. Here is what happened during the time Xerxes ruled over the whole Persian kingdom. He was ruling from his royal throne in the safest place in Susa.

Esther 1:1–2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Now it took place in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces,

in those days as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in Susa,


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