Esther 1:2

Esther 1:2

That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

a. ASV: That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

b. YLT: In those days, at the sitting of the king Ahasuerus on the throne of his kingdom, that is in Shushan the palace,

c. Classic Amplified: In those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was in Shushan or Susa [the capital of the Persian Empire] in the palace or castle,

d. Septuagint: in those days, when king Artaxerxes was on the throne in the city of Susa,

e. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/ Writings: In those days, when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was in Sushan the capital.

1. “That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom…”

a. [That in] those [Strong:  1992 hem haym or (prolonged) hemmah {haym'-maw}; masculine plural from 1981; they (only used when emphatic):--it, like, X (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, X so, X such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.]

b. days [Strong: 3117 yowm yome from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb):--age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.]

c. [when the] king [Strong: 4428 melek meh'-lek from 4427; a king:--king, royal.]

d. Ahasuerus [Strong: 325 'Achashverowsh akh-ash-vay-rosh' or (shortened) pAchashrosh {akh- ash-rosh'} (Esth. 10:1); of Persian origin; Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian king:--Ahasuerus.]

e. sat [Strong: 7675 shebeth sheh'-beth infinitive of 3427; properly, session; but used also concretely, an abode or locality:--place, seat.]

f. on [Strong: 5921 `al al properly, the same as 5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications (as follow):--above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, X as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, X both and, by (reason of), X had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-)on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, X with.]

g. [the] throne [Strong: 3678 kicce' kis-say' or kicceh {kis-say'}; from 3680; properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied):--seat, stool, throne.]

h. [of his] kingdom [Strong: 4438 malkuwth mal-kooth' or malkuth {mal-kooth'}; or (in plural) malkuyah {mal-koo-yah'}; from 4427; a rule; concretely, a dominion:--empire, kingdom, realm, reign, royal.]

2. “...which was in Shushan the palace.”

a. which [was] [Strong: 834 'aher ash-er' a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.:--X after, X alike, as (soon as), because, X every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), X if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), X though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(- soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.]

b. [in] Sushan [Strong: 7800 Shuwshan shoo-shan' the same as 7799; Shushan, a place in Persia:--Shushan.]

c. [the] palace [Strong: 1002 biyrah bee-raw' of foreign origin; a castle or palace:--palace.]