亞哈隨魯王在書珊城登基，

亚哈随鲁王在书珊城的宫登基；

就是亚哈随鲁王在书珊城堡中坐国度王位的那些日子。

就是亚哈随鲁王在书珊城堡中坐国度王位的那些日子。

亚哈随鲁王在书珊城登基，

他在书珊城登了国位。

在那些日子，亚哈随鲁王在苏萨城堡中坐王位。

亞哈隨魯王在書珊城的宮登基；

就是亞哈隨魯王在書珊城堡中坐國度王位的那些日子。

就是亞哈隨魯王在書珊城堡中坐國度王位的那些日子。

他在書珊城登了國位。

當那些日子、亞哈隨魯王在書珊宮堡登了國位；

在那些日子，亞哈隨魯王在蘇薩城堡中坐王位。

其時都於書珊、在宮坐於王位、

At that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,

He was ruling from his royal throne in the fort of Susa.

in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel,

At that time Xerxes ruled his empire from his royal throne at the fortress of Susa.

In those days King Ahasuerus reigned from his royal throne in the fortress at Susa.

in those days as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in Susa,

in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the citadel,

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

In those days King Ahasuerus reigned from his royal throne in the fortress at Susa.

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

In those days, as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa the citadel,

in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Susa the palace,

以下是哈迦利亞的兒子尼希米的記述。波斯王亞達薛西二十年基斯流月，我在書珊城裡。

我在異象中看見自己在以攔省的書珊城，又看見自己站在烏萊河畔。

大衛住在王宮裡，耶和華使他安享太平，不受四圍的仇敵侵擾。

所羅門已經登基掌權，

便對以斯帖王后說：「猶太人在書珊城殺了五百人，還殺了哈曼的十個兒子，在其餘各省就更不知怎樣了！現在你要什麼？必賜給你。你還有何要求？必為你成就。」以斯帖回答說：「王若願意，就請恩准書珊城的猶太人明天仍執行今天的諭旨，並把哈曼十個兒子的屍體吊在木架上。」王允准了，便在書珊城頒佈諭旨，哈曼十個兒子的屍體便被吊了起來。亞達月十四日，書珊城的猶太人再次聚集起來，在城中殺了三百人，但沒有動他們的財物。

請王在國中各省委派專使把所有年輕漂亮的處女選入書珊城的女宮，交給管理女子的太監希該，供給她們美容用品。

「你去召集書珊城所有的猶太人為我禁食，三天三夜不吃不喝，我和我的宮女也要這樣禁食。然後，我要違例去見王，我若死就死吧。」

「我尼布甲尼撒安居在家，在宮中享受榮華。

信差奉王的命令急忙上路，諭旨也在書珊城裡頒佈了。王和哈曼坐下飲酒，書珊城一片慌亂。