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Esther 1:1

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Queen Vashti Deposed

1This is what happened during the time of Xerxes,aa the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provincesb stretching from India to Cushb:c

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Footnotes

  1. aHebrew Ahasuerus; here and throughout Esther
  2. bThat is, the upper Nile region

Cross references

  1. aSee Ezr 4:6
  2. bEst 9:30; Da 3:2; 6:1
  3. cEst 8:9

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

These events took place during the days of Ahasuerus, who ruled 127 provinces from India to Cush.

NLTNew Living Translation

These events happened in the days of King Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And it happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Cush—over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces.

KJV 1900King James Version

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)