Esther 1:1-3

Authorized (King James) Version

1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) ² that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, ³ in the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: