Esther 1:1
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Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

These events took place during the days of Ahasuerus, who ruled 127 provinces from India to Cush.

New American Standard Bible

Now it took place in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces,

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:)

International Standard Version

This is a record of what happened during the reign of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who ruled over 127 provinces from India to Cush.

A Conservative Version

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces),

American Standard Version

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces),

Amplified

It was in the days of Ahasuerus (Xerxes) who reigned from India to Ethiopia (Cush) over 127 provinces,

Bible in Basic English

Now it came about in the days of Ahasuerus, (that Ahasuerus who was ruler of a hundred and twenty-seven divisions of the kingdom, from India as far as Ethiopia:)

Darby Translation

And it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (that is, the Ahasuerus that reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces),

Julia Smith Translation

And it will be in the days of Ahasuerus, (this Ahasuerus reigned from India and even to Cush; seven and twenty and one hundred provinces:)

King James 2000

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus who reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

Lexham Expanded Bible

And it happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Cush--[over] one hundred and twenty-seven provinces.

Modern King James verseion

And it happened in the days of Ahasuerus (this is the Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces).

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

It fortuned in the days of Ahasuerus - which reigned from India unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty lands -

NET Bible

The following events happened in the days of Ahasuerus. (I am referring to that Ahasuerus who used to rule over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces extending all the way from India to Ethiopia.)

New Heart English Bible

Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over one hundred twenty-seven provinces),

The Emphasized Bible

And it came to pass, in the days of Ahasuerus, - the same, Ahasuerus that reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven provinces:

Webster

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Cush, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

World English Bible

Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over one hundred twenty-seven provinces),

Youngs Literal Translation

And it cometh to pass, in the days of Ahasuerus -- he is Ahasuerus who is reigning from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces --

Themes

Ahab » Facts concerning » Ahasuerus

Babylon » Empire of » At the time of ahasuerus

Ethiopia » Within the babylonian empire

Government » Imperial

India » Probably the eastern limit of the kingdom of ahasuerus

Medes » An essential part of the medo-persian empire

Medo-persian kingdom » Kings of, mentioned in scripture » Artaxerxes longimanus or ahasuerus

Medo-persian kingdom » Divided into many provinces

Medo-persian kingdom » Extended from india to ethiopia

Topics

Provinces

Africa

A Hundred And Some

Times Of People

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Now it came to pass in the days
H3117
יום 
Yowm 
day, time, chronicles , daily, ever, year, continually, when, as, while, full always, whole, alway,
Usage: 2293

of Ahasuerus
H325
אחשׁרשׁ אחשׁורושׁ 
'Achashverowsh 
Ahasuerus
Usage: 31

this is Ahasuerus
H325
אחשׁרשׁ אחשׁורושׁ 
'Achashverowsh 
Ahasuerus
Usage: 31

which reigned
H4427
מלך 
Malak 
reign, king, made, queen, consulted, indeed, make, rule, set, surely, set up
Usage: 350

from India
H1912
הדוּ 
Hoduw 
India
Usage: 2

even unto Ethiopia
H3568
כּוּשׁ 
Kuwsh 
Ethiopia, Cush, Ethiopians
Usage: 30

over an hundred
H3967
מאיה מאה 
me'ah 
hundred, eleven hundred , hundredth, hundredfold, sixscore , hundred times
Usage: 581

and seven
H7651
שׁבעה שׁבע 
Sheba` 
seven, seventh, seventeen , seven times, seventeenth , seventeenth, sevens , seven men, sevenfold, seventeen , seventeen
Usage: 395

and twenty
H6242
עשׂרים 
`esriym 
twenty, twentieth, sixscore
Usage: 315

References

Word Count of 20 Translations in Esther 1:1

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Verse Info

Context Readings

The King's Banquets

1 These events took place during the days of Ahasuerus, who ruled 127 provinces from India to Cush. 2 In those days King Ahasuerus reigned from his royal throne in the fortress at Susa.


Rule Over

Ahasuerus

Cush

Ethiopia

India

Cross References

Esther 8:9

On the twenty-third day of the third month (that is, the month Sivan), the royal scribes were summoned. Everything was written exactly as Mordecai ordered for the Jews, to the satraps, the governors, and the officials of the 127 provinces from India to Cush. The edict was written for each province in its own script, for each ethnic group in its own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

Ezra 4:6

At the beginning of the reign of Ahasuerus, the people who were already in the land wrote an accusation against the residents of Judah and Jerusalem.

Daniel 6:1

Darius decided to appoint 120 satraps over the kingdom, stationed throughout the realm,

Daniel 9:1

In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, a Mede by birth, who was ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans:

Esther 9:30

He sent letters with messages of peace and faithfulness to all the Jews who were in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus,

Isaiah 18:1

Ah! The land of buzzing insect wings
beyond the rivers of Cush

Isaiah 37:9

The king had heard this about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” So when he heard this, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

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