Esther 1:1-3

21st Century King James Version

1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over a 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 the palace in Shushan,

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,