KJV King James Version
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:)
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Esther 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:)
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
WEB World English Bible
Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over one hundred twenty-seven provinces),
ASV American Standard Version
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces),
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, in the days of Ahasuerus—he is Ahasuerus who is reigning from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces—
Surrounding context — Esther 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:)
2 [That] in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which [was] in Shushan the palace,
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:
4 When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, [even] an hundred and fourscore days.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְהִ֖יH1961 · ha.yahto beבִּימֵ֣יH3117 · yomdayאֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁH325 · a.chash.ve.roshAhasuerusה֣וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itאֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁH325 · a.chash.ve.roshAhasuerusהַמֹּלֵךְ֙H4427 · ma.lakhto reignמֵהֹ֣דּוּH1912 · ho.duIndiaוְעַד־H5704 · adtillכּ֔וּשׁH3568 · kushCushשֶׁ֛בַעH7651 · she.vasevenוְעֶשְׂרִ֥יםH6242 · es.rimtwentyוּמֵאָ֖הH3967 · me.ahhundredמְדִינָֽה׃H4082 · me.di.nahprovince
Cross-references
Daniel 9:1In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;Ezra 4:6And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they [unto him] an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.Daniel 6:1It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;Esther 8:9Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that [is], the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which [are] from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.Esther 9:30And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, [with] words of peace and truth,Isaiah 18:1Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which [is] beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:Isaiah 37:9And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard [it], he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
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