Yǐsītièjì 1:2

2 Yàhǎsuílǔ wáng zaì Shūshān chéng de gōng dēng jī .

Yǐsītièjì 1:2 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 1:2

That in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne
of his kingdom
Not only was placed upon it, but settled in it; after Xerxes had subdued Egypt, in the second year of his reign ^F5, and enjoyed great peace and tranquillity:

which was in Shushan the palace;
that is, the throne of his kingdom was in Shushan, the royal city of the kings of Persia; of which (See Gill on Nehemiah 1:1) (See Gill on Daniel 8:2).

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 Herodot. ib. (Thalia, sive, l. 3.) c. 7.

Yǐsītièjì 1:2 In-Context

1 Yàhǎsuílǔ zuò wáng , cóng Yìndù zhídào Gǔshí , Tǒng guǎn yī bǎi èr shí qī shĕng .

2 Yàhǎsuílǔ wáng zaì Shūshān chéng de gōng dēng jī .

3 Zaì wèi dì sān nián , tā yīqiè shǒulǐng chénpú shè bǎi yánxí , yǒu Bōsī hé Mǐdǐyà de quán guì , jiù shì gè shĕng de guìzhòu yǔ shǒulǐng , zaì tā miànqián .

4 Tā bǎ tā róngyào zhī guó de fēngfù , hé tā mĕihǎo wēiyán de zūnguì , gĕi tāmen kàn le xǔduō rì , jiù shì yī bǎi bá shí rì .

5 Zhè rìzi mǎn le , yòu wèi suǒ yǒu zhù Shūshān chéng de dà xiǎorén mín , zaì yù yuán de yuànzi lǐ shè bǎi yánxí qī rì .