Esther 1:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

That in those days, when King Ahasuerus was ruling in Shushan, his strong town,

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:1

Now when the king was living in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from war on every side;

1 Kings 1:46

And now Solomon is seated on the seat of the kingdom.

Nehemiah 1:1

The history of Nehemiah, the son of Hacaliah. Now it came about, in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, when I was in Shushan, the king's town,

Esther 2:3

Let the king give authority to certain men in all the divisions of his kingdom, to get together all the fair young virgins and send them to Shushan, the king's town, to the women's house, under the care of Hegai, the king's servant, the keeper of the women: and let the things needed for making them clean be given to them;

Esther 2:5

Now there was a certain Jew in Shushan named Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;

Esther 3:15

The runners went out quickly by the king's order, and a public statement was made in Shushan: and the king and Haman took wine together: but the town of Shushan was troubled.

Esther 4:16

Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to be my fate, then let it come.

Daniel 4:4

I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my place, and all things were going well for me in my great house:

Daniel 8:2

And I saw in the vision; and when I saw it, I was in the strong town Shushan, which is in the country of Elam; and in the vision I was by the water-door of the Ulai.