Esther 1:2
<03427> [sat.]
Susa <07800> [Shushan.]
Esther 2:3
provinces <04082> [in all the provinces.]
gather <06908> [that they may gather.]
This was the usual way in which the harem, or {seraglio,} was furnished; the finest women in the land, whether of high or low birth, were sought out and brought to the harem. They all became the king's concubines; but one was raised as chief wife, or sultana, to the throne; and her issue was especially entitled to inherit.
authority <03027> [the custody. Heb. the hand. Hege.]
[Hegai. the king's chamberlain.]
{Saris hammelech,} "the king's eunuch:" so the LXX., Vulgate, Targum, and Syriac.
cosmetics <08562> [their things.]
Esther 3:15
scurried <01765> [hastened.]
sat down <03427> [sat down.]
city <05892> [the city.]
Nehemiah 1:1
Nehemiah <05166> [Nehemiah.]
month <02320> [in the month.]
twentieth <06242> [in the twentieth.]
Susa <07800> [Shushan.]
Shushan, or Susa, was the capital of Susiana, a province of Persia, and the winter residence of the Persian monarchs; situated about 252 miles east of Babylon, and the same distance south-south-east of Ecbatana, in lat. 32 degrees, long. 49 degrees. The circumference of its walls was about 120 stadia. Shouster is supposed to occupy its site.
Daniel 8:2
vision ... saw ................. vision ... saw <07200 02377> [I saw in.]
Susa <07800> [Shushan.]
province <04082> [province.]
Ulai <0195> [Ulai.]
