Esther 1:1-3

Revised Geneva Translation

1 In the days of Ahasuerus (This is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over 127 provinces,

² in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his throne, which was in the palace of Shushan),

³ in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his princes and his servants—even the power of Persia and Media—and to the captains and governors of the provinces which were before him.