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Ahasuerus ....... Ahasuerus <0325> [Ahasuerus.]

Prideaux has shewn satisfactorily that Ahasuerus was the Artaxerxes Longimanus of the Greeks, agreeably to the Septuagint and Josephus. See note on Ezr 6:14.

India <01912> [from India.]

hundred <03967> [an hundred.]

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<03427> [sat.]

Susa <07800> [Shushan.]

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provided <06213> [A.M. 3542. B.C. 462. he made.]

Persia <06539> [of Persia.]

nobles <06579> [the nobles.]

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displayed <07200> [When he.]

riches <06239> [the riches.]

majestic <08597> [excellent.]

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present <04672> [present. Heb. found. seven days.]