Verse 2
That in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom ,.... Not only was placed upon it, but settled in it; after Xerxes had subdued Egypt, in the second year of his reign F5 Herodot. ib. (Thalia, sive, l. 3.) c. 7. , and enjoyed great peace and tranquillity:
which was in Shushan the palace ; that is, the throne of his kingdom was in Shushan, the royal city of the kings of Persia; of which see Gill on Nehemiah 1:1 , Daniel 8:2 .
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