Additions to Esther 1:18

18 These things happened in the time of King Xerxes, who ruled 127 provinces, all the way from India to Ethiopia, ^[a] from his royal throne in Susa, Persia's capital city. ¹

Additions to Esther 1:18 In-Context

16 Then the king appointed Mordecai to a position at court and gave him many gifts as a reward for what he had done.

17 But Haman son of Hammedatha, a Bougaean who was respected by the king, tried to cause trouble for Mordecai and his people the Jews, because Mordecai had been responsible for the death of the two eunuchs.

18 These things happened in the time of King Xerxes, who ruled 127 provinces, all the way from India to Ethiopia, from his royal throne in Susa, Persia's capital city.

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20 In the third year of his reign, the king gave a banquet for all his advisers, the representatives of the other countries, the noblemen from Persia and Media, and the governors of the provinces.

Cross References

• 1. 1.1,Ezra 4.6.

Footnotes

• [a]. [Greek] Ethiopia: [Ethiopia is the name given in Graeco-Roman times to the extensive territory south of the First Cataract of the Nile River. Cush was the ancient (Hebrew) name of this region which included within its borders most of modern Sudan and some of present-day Ethiopia (Abyssinia).]