1 And it happened in the days of Ahasuerus (this [is] the Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, [over] a hundred and twenty-seven provinces).

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

3 in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to all his princes and his servants. The power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, [were] before him.