Esther 1
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Esther 1:1-4

1Now it came to pass in the daysH3117 of AhasuerusH325 (this is AhasuerusH325 who reignedH4427 from IndiaH1912 even unto Ethiopia, over a hundredH3967 and sevenH7651 and twentyH6242 provincesH4082),

2that in those daysH3117, when the kingH4428 AhasuerusH325 sat on the throneH3678 of his kingdomH4438, which was in Shushan the palace,

3in the third yearH8141 of his reignH4427, he madeH6213 a feastH4960 unto all his princesH8269 and his servantsH5650; the power of PersiaH6539 and MediaH4074, the nobles and princesH8269 of the provincesH4082, being before him;

4when he showedH7200 the richesH6239 of his glorious kingdomH4438 and the honorH3519 of his excellent majesty manyH7227 daysH3117, even a hundredH3967 and fourscore daysH3117.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain