Esther 1:1
King James Version
“Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)”
Context
1Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
2in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which in Shushan the palace,
3In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, before him:
4When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, an hundred and fourscore days.