Esther 1:1

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In the days of Xerxes the following events took place. This was the same Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces from India to Sudan.

Cross References

Ezra 4:6

When Xerxes began to rule, the enemies of Judah and Jerusalem wrote a letter in which they made an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

Esther 10:1

King Xerxes levied a tax on the country and the islands of the sea.

Esther 2:3

And appoint scouts in all the provinces of your kingdom to gather all the attractive young virgins and bring them to the fortress of Susa, to the women’s quarters. There, in the care of the king’s eunuch Hegai, the guardian of the women, they will have their beauty treatment.

Esther 8:9

At that time on the twenty-third day of Sivan, the third month, the king’s scribes were summoned. What Mordecai had ordered was written to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and officers of the 127 provinces from India to Sudan. It was written to each province in its own script, to each people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and their own language.

Esther 9:30

Mordecai sent official documents granting peace and security to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes.

Isaiah 18:1

How horrible it will be for the land of whirring wings which lies beyond the rivers of Sudan.

Isaiah 37:9

Now, Sennacherib heard that King Tirhakah of Sudan was coming to fight him. When he heard this, he again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

Daniel 11:2

⌞The person who looked like a human continued,⌟ “What I am about to tell you is the truth. Three more kings will rule Persia. Then there will be a fourth, who will become much richer than all the others. As he becomes strong through his wealth, he will turn everyone against the kingdom of Greece.

Daniel 6:1

Darius decided it would be good to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom.

Daniel 9:1

Xerxes’ son Darius, who was a Mede by birth, was made ruler of the kingdom of Babylon.