Esther 1:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised1 These events took place during the days of Ahasuerus, who ruled 127 provinces from India to Cush. Tan-awa ang kapituloDugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 17691 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:) Tan-awa ang kapituloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition1 IT WAS in the days of Ahasuerus [Xerxes], the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces. Tan-awa ang kapituloAmerican Standard Version (1901)1 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), Tan-awa ang kapituloCommon English Bible1 This is what happened back when Ahasuerus lived, the very Ahasuerus who ruled from India to Cush—one hundred twenty-seven provinces in all. Tan-awa ang kapituloCatholic Public Domain Version1 In the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the great, on the first day of the month of Nisan, Mordecai the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, Tan-awa ang kapitulo |
On the twenty-third day of the third month #– #that is, the month Sivan #– #the royal scribes were summoned. Everything was written exactly as Mordecai commanded for the Jews, to the satraps, the governors, and the officials of the 127 provinces from India to Cush. The edict was written for each province in its own script, for each ethnic group in its own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.