CHAPTER EXPLORER
Esther 1
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22 verses in KJV · 157 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of Esther 1 (KJV)
1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this [is] Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, [over] an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
1:2 [That] in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which [was] in Shushan the palace,
1:3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, [being] before him:
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Mordecai
Approximate study chronology: c. 462 BC
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H4428me.lekhking · 27 occurrencesH6440pa.nehface: before · 9 occurrencesH4438mal.khutroyalty · 9 occurrencesH325a.chash.ve.roshAhasuerus · 9 occurrencesH8269sarruler · 8 occurrencesH4436mal.kahQueen (of Sheba) · 8 occurrencesH3117yomday · 8 occurrencesH2060vash.tiVashti · 7 occurrencesH1697da.varword · 7 occurrencesH5971ampeople · 6 occurrencesH4082me.di.nahprovince · 6 occurrencesH3808lonot · 5 occurrencesH7651she.vaseven · 4 occurrencesH7227ravmany · 4 occurrences
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