That in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom,.... Not only was placed upon it, but settled in it; after Xerxes had subdued Egypt, in the second year of his reign (e), and enjoyed great peace and tranquillity:
which was in Shushan the palace; that is, the throne of his kingdom was in Shushan, the royal city of the kings of Persia; of which
[See comments on Ne 1:1] [See comments on Daniel 8:2].
(e) Herodot. ib. (Thalia, sive, l. 3.) c. 7.
That in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom,.... Not only was placed upon it, but settled in it; after Xerxes had subdued Egypt, in the second year of his reign (e), and enjoyed great peace and tranquillity:
which was in Shushan the palace; that is, the throne of his kingdom was in Shushan, the royal city of the kings of Persia; of which
[See comments on Ne 1:1] [See comments on Daniel 8:2].
(e) Herodot. ib. (Thalia, sive, l. 3.) c. 7.