Esther 1:1 CPDV

¹  In the days of Artaxerxes, who reigned from India to Ethiopia over one hundred twenty-seven provinces,

²  when he sat on the throne of his kingdom, the city of Susa was the root of his kingdom.

³  And so, in the third year of his reign, he made a great feast for all the leaders and his servants, for the most powerful among the Persians and the distinguished among the Medes, and for the rulers of the provinces before him,