Esther 1:1
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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:)This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
In other translations
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:)This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
Hebrew words
וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961בִּימֵיbimeiin [the] days ofH3117אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ'achashverooshAhasuerusH325הוּאhu'thatH1931אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ'achashverooshAhasuerusH325הַמֹּלֵךְhamolekhwho reignedH4427מֵהֹדּוּmehodufrom IndiaH1912וְעַד־ve'ad-and toH5704כּוּשׁkushCushH3568שֶׁבַעsheva'sevenH7651וְעֶשְׂרִיםve'esrimand twentyH6242וּמֵאָהume'ahand one hundredH3967מְדִינָה׃medinahprovince[s]H4082
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Related verses
- Daniel 9:1In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—
- Ezra 4:6And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, an accusation was lodged against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
- Daniel 6:1It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,
- Esther 9:30And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,
- Esther 8:9Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
- Isaiah 37:9And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
- Isaiah 18:1Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,
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People and places
People: Ahasuerus