他在書珊城登了國位。

亚哈随鲁王在书珊城的宫登基；

就是亚哈随鲁王在书珊城堡中坐国度王位的那些日子。

就是亚哈随鲁王在书珊城堡中坐国度王位的那些日子。

亚哈随鲁王在书珊城登基，

他在书珊城登了国位。

在那些日子，亚哈随鲁王在苏萨城堡中坐王位。

亞哈隨魯王在書珊城的宮登基；

就是亞哈隨魯王在書珊城堡中坐國度王位的那些日子。

就是亞哈隨魯王在書珊城堡中坐國度王位的那些日子。

亞哈隨魯王在書珊城登基，

當那些日子、亞哈隨魯王在書珊宮堡登了國位；

在那些日子，亞哈隨魯王在蘇薩城堡中坐王位。

其時都於書珊、在宮坐於王位、

At that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,

He was ruling from his royal throne in the fort of Susa.

in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel,

At that time Xerxes ruled his empire from his royal throne at the fortress of Susa.

In those days King Ahasuerus reigned from his royal throne in the fortress at Susa.

in those days as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in Susa,

in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the citadel,

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

In those days King Ahasuerus reigned from his royal throne in the fortress at Susa.

[ That] in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which[ was] in Shushan the palace,

In those days, as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa the citadel,

in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Susa the palace,

哈迦利亞的兒子尼希米的言行錄：亞達薛西王二十年基斯流月，我在書珊宮中，

我在異象中觀看，看見自己在以攔省書珊城堡裡；我在異象中繼續觀看，看見自己在烏萊河的岸邊。

那時，王住在自己的宮中，耶和華使他安享太平，不受周圍仇敵的侵擾。

不但所羅門已經坐在這王國的王位上，

王問王后以斯帖：“猶大人在書珊城殺滅了五百人，又殺了哈曼的十個兒子；在王其他省內，他們怎樣行呢！現在你要甚麼，我必賜給你，你還求甚麼，也必給你成全。”以斯帖回答：“王若是同意，求你恩准書珊的猶大人，明日也照著今日的諭旨行事，把哈曼的十個兒子掛在木架上。”王就下令這樣行；諭旨傳遍書珊，人就把哈曼的十個兒子掛在木架上。亞達月十四日，在書珊的猶大人又聚集起來，在書珊殺了三百人，卻沒有下手掠奪他們的財物。

王可以委派官員在國中各省，把所有美貌的少女都召到書珊城的女院那裡，交在掌理女子的王家太監希該手下，可以供給她們潔身用的香品。

“你要去，把書珊城所有的猶大人都召集起來，為我禁食三天，就是三日三夜不吃不喝；我和我的婢女也要這樣禁食。然後我就違例進去見王；我若是死，就死吧。”

“我尼布甲尼撒安逸地住在家中，在宮裡享受榮華富貴。（本節在《馬索拉文本》為4:1）

驛使奉王命急忙出發，御旨從書珊城頒布出去。那時王與哈曼又同坐共飲，書珊城的居民卻非常慌亂。