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Esther introduces the story as happening in the days of Ahasuerus, who ruled an empire stretching "from India to Ethiopia" over 127 provinces (Esther 1:1). He reigned from his royal throne in Susa (Shushan) (Esther 1:2).
1Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over one hundred twenty-seven provinces),
2that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,