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Place

Susa

Identified location. The site is known today and most scholars agree on it.

Shushan the palace, a royal city of the Persian kings. Esther was brought here and became queen, Mordecai sat at the king's gate, and Haman's decree went out from here. Years later Nehemiah served the king in Shushan before he went to Jerusalem.

Who passed through

In story order. King James Version.

  1. Vashti, Esther 2:4
    And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
  2. Mordecai, Esther 2:5
    Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
  3. Esther, Esther 2:8
    So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
  4. Haman, Esther 3:15
    The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
  5. Esther, Esther 4:15
    Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
  6. Mordecai, Esther 8:15
    And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
  7. Nehemiah, Nehemiah 1:1
    The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

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Place names, references and coordinates: STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), with coordinates from OpenBible.info. Map: Natural Earth (public domain).