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:)

Revised Version 1895

In The 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:)

In Context

2that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

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Cross References

Ezra 4:6And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

Esther 9:30And he sent letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,

Isaiah 18:1Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

Daniel 6:1It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty satraps, which should be throughout the whole kingdom;

Daniel 11:2And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and when he is waxed strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.

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