Esther 1:1 ASV

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),

²  that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

³  in 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, being before him;