At that time Xerxes ruled his empire from his royal throne at the fortress of Susa.

亚哈随鲁王在书珊城的宫登基；

就是亚哈随鲁王在书珊城堡中坐国度王位的那些日子。

就是亚哈随鲁王在书珊城堡中坐国度王位的那些日子。

亚哈随鲁王在书珊城登基，

他在书珊城登了国位。

在那些日子，亚哈随鲁王在苏萨城堡中坐王位。

亞哈隨魯王在書珊城的宮登基；

就是亞哈隨魯王在書珊城堡中坐國度王位的那些日子。

就是亞哈隨魯王在書珊城堡中坐國度王位的那些日子。

亞哈隨魯王在書珊城登基，

他在書珊城登了國位。

當那些日子、亞哈隨魯王在書珊宮堡登了國位；

在那些日子，亞哈隨魯王在蘇薩城堡中坐王位。

其時都於書珊、在宮坐於王位、

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

He was ruling from his royal throne in the fort of Susa.

in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel,

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

in those days as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in Susa,

in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the citadel,

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

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

[ That] in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which[ was] in Shushan the palace,

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

in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Susa the palace,

These are the memoirs of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah. In late autumn, in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign, I was at the fortress of Susa.

In this vision I was at the fortress of Susa, in the province of Elam, standing beside the Ulai River.

When King David was settled in his palace and the Lord had given him rest from all the surrounding enemies,

What’s more, Solomon is now sitting on the royal throne as king.

he called for Queen Esther. He said,“ The Jews have killed 500 men in the fortress of Susa alone, as well as Haman’s ten sons. If they have done that here, what has happened in the rest of the provinces? But now, what more do you want? It will be granted to you; tell me and I will do it.”Esther responded,“ If it please the king, give the Jews in Susa permission to do again tomorrow as they have done today, and let the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be impaled on a pole.”So the king agreed, and the decree was announced in Susa. And they impaled the bodies of Haman’s ten sons.Then the Jews at Susa gathered together on March 8 and killed 300 more men, and again they took no plunder.

Let the king appoint agents in each province to bring these beautiful young women into the royal harem at the fortress of Susa. Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the harem, will see that they are all given beauty treatments.

“ Go and gather together all the Jews of Susa and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will do the same. And then, though it is against the law, I will go in to see the king. If I must die, I must die.”

“ I, Nebuchadnezzar, was living in my palace in comfort and prosperity.

At the king’s command, the decree went out by swift messengers, and it was also proclaimed in the fortress of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa fell into confusion.