Esther 1:1

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.

KJV

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:)

ASV

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),

BBE

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:)

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וַיְהִי vay·hi and it was H1961 בִּימֵי bi·mei in [the] days of H3117 אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ 'a·chash·ve·ro·osh Ahasuerus H325 הוּא hu' that H1931 אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ 'a·chash·ve·ro·osh Ahasuerus H325 הַמֹּלֵךְ ha·mo·lekh who reigned H4427 מֵהֹדּוּ me·ho·du from India H1912 וְעַד־ ve·'ad- and to H5704 כּוּשׁ kush Cush H3568 שֶׁבַע she·va' seven H7651 וְעֶשְׂרִים ve·'es·rim and twenty H6242 וּמֵאָה u·me·'ah and one hundred H3967 מְדִינָה me·di·nah province[s] H4082

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–9

The pride of Ahasuerus's heart rising with the grandeur of his kingdom, he made an extravagant feast. This was vain glory. Better is a dinner of herbs with quietness, than this banquet of wine, with all the noise and tumult that must have attended it. But except grace prevails in the heart, self-exaltation and self-indulgence, in one form or another, will be the ruling principle. Yet none did compel; so that if any drank to excess, it was their own fault. This caution of a heathen prince, even when he would show his generosity, may shame many called Christians, who, under pretence of sending the health round, send sin round, and death with it. There is a woe to them that do so; let them read it, and tremble, Ha 2:15, 16.

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People & places

Ahasuerus EthiopiaIndia

Topics

GovernmentBabylonPersiaEthiopiaMedesIndia

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.