Esther 1:2
Ver. 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 {e}, 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 "Ne 1:1" See Gill on "Da 8:2".
{e} Herodot. ib. (Thalia, sive, l. 3.) c. 7.