Esther 1:2
In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.
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sat.

2 Samuel 7:1
After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,

1 Kings 1:46
Moreover, Solomon has taken his seat on the royal throne.

Daniel 4:4
I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace.

Shushan.

Esther 2:3
and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king's eunuch in charge of the women, and give them the required beauty treatments.

Esther 3:15
The couriers left, spurred on by the king's command, and the law was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.

Esther 4:16
"Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink day or night for three days, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish."

Esther 9:12-15
who said to Queen Esther, "In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman's ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled." . . .

Nehemiah 1:1
These are the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,

Daniel 8:2
And in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
in those days as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in Susa,

King James Bible
That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In those days King Ahasuerus reigned from his royal throne in the fortress at Susa.

International Standard Version
At that time King Ahasuerus was ruling from Susa the capital.

NET Bible
In those days, as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa the citadel,
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