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Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over provinces,
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in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the capital,
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in the third year of his reign he gave a feast for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were before him,
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while he showed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor and pomp of his greatness for many days, 180 days.
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And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa, the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the king's palace.