Esther 1:1-2

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

King Ahasuerus Deposes Queen Vashti

1 This happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the same Ahasuerus who ruled over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia.^[a] ²In those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,

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Esther 1:1 Or Nubia; Heb Cush

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)

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