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Esther 1:1-2
Revised Standard Version
Esther 1:1-2
Revised Standard Version
King Ahasuerus Deposes Queen Vashti
1 In the days of Ahasu-e′rus, the Ahasu-e′rus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, 2 in those days when King Ahasu-e′rus sat on his royal throne in Susa the capital,
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