Esther 1:2
That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
KJV
quando sedit in solio regni sui, Susan civitas regni ejus exordium fuit.
Vulgate
ἐν αὐταῖς ταῖς ἡμέραις ὅτε ἐθρονίσθη ὁ βασιλεὺς, Ἀρταξέρξης ἐν Σούσοις τῇ πόλει,
LXX
that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
ASV
בַּ/יָּמִ֖ים הָ/הֵ֑ם כְּ/שֶׁ֣בֶת הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ עַ֚ל כִּסֵּ֣א מַלְכוּת֔/וֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּ/שׁוּשַׁ֥ן הַ/בִּירָֽה
Hebrew
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People
Ahasuerus
Places
Susa
In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ
'chshvrvsh
proper_noun · 32×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
בִּירָֽה
byrh
noun · 16×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
וֹ
v
noun · 134×
וֹ
v
noun · 90×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שׁוּשַׁ֣ן
shvshn
proper_noun · 21×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 1:46 — And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
- 2Sam 7:1 — And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
- Dan 8:2 — And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
- Dan 8:2 — And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
- Esth 2:5 — Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
- Ezra 4:9 — Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susa
- Matt 14:6 — But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
- Neh 1:1 — The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
- Neh 1:1 — The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,