At that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,(A)

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in those days when King Ahasuerus (A)sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in (B)Shushan[a] the [b]citadel,

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 1:2 Or Susa
  2. Esther 1:2 Or fortified palace, and so elsewhere in the book