What does Esther 1:1 mean?
ESV: Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces,
NIV: This is what happened during the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush:
NASB: Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Cush over 127 provinces,
CSB: These events took place during the days of Ahasuerus, who ruled 127 provinces from India to Cush.
NLT: These events happened in the days of King Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia.
KJV: Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
NKJV: Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this was the Ahasuerus who reigned over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India to Ethiopia),
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