Queen Vashti Disobey King Xerxes
Esther 1:1-2 CEV African American Jubilee edition ABS 1999 King Xerxes of Persia lived in his capital city of Susa
and ruled one hundred twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia.
Trouble Rebuilding Jerusalem
Ezra 4:6 CEV African American Jubilee edition ABS 1999 In the first year that Xerxes was king, the neighboring people brought written charges against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
The King's Banquets
Esther 1:1-2 ESV The Story Crossway 2013 Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces,
in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on the royal throne in Susa, the citadel,
Ezra 4:6 ESV The Story Crossway 2013 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
The King's Baquet
Esther 1:1-2 NLT Student's Life Application Personal Size Edition SB Tyndale 2007 These events happened in the days of King Xerses, who reigned over 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia.
At the time Xerses ruled his empire from his royal throne at the fortress of Susa.
Later opposition under Xerses and Artaxerses
Ezra 4:6 NLT Student's Life Application Personal Size Edition SB Tyndale 2007 Years later when Xerses began his reign, the enemies of Judah wrote a letter of accusation against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.