2That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 1-9)Which of the kings of Persia this Ahasuerus was the learned are not agreed. Mordecai is said to have been one of those that were carried captive from Jerusalem ( Est. 2:5 , 6 ), whence it should seem that this Ahasuerus was one of the first kings of that empire. Dr. Lightfoot thinks that he was that Artaxerxes who hindered the building of the temple, who is called also Ahasuerus ( Ezra 4:6 , 7 ), ...
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