Esther 1:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Shushan. — Susa. Mentioned also in Nehemiah 1:1. It was the general abode of the Persian kings. (See Herod. vii. 6.)

Esther 1:2

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