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And it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus [a] (that is, the Ahasuerus that reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces),
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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),
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in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the fortress,
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in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of the provinces being before him;
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when he shewed the glorious wealth of his kingdom and the splendid magnificence of his grandeur many days, a hundred and eighty days.
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And when these days were expired, the king made a feast to all the people that were present in Shushan the fortress, both to great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.