אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ

Ezra 4:6 אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ Ahasuerus

At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, an accusation was lodged against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.

Esther 1:1 אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ Ahasuerus

This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.

Esther 1:2 אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ Ahasuerus

In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.

Esther 1:9 אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃ ס Ahasuerus

Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.

Esther 1:10 אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃ Ahasuerus

On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas—

Esther 1:15 אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ Ahasuerus

“According to law,” he asked, “what should be done with Queen Vashti, since she refused to obey the command of King Xerxes delivered by the eunuchs?”

Esther 1:16 אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃ Ahasuerus

And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.

Esther 1:17 אֲחַשְׁוֵר֡וֹשׁ Ahasuerus

For the conduct of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.’

Esther 1:19 אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ Ahasuerus

So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.

Esther 2:1 אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ Ahasuerus

Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.

Esther 2:12 אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ Ahasuerus

In the twelve months before her turn to go to King Xerxes, the harem regulation required each young woman to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months, and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.

Esther 2:16 אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙ Ahasuerus

She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

Here: The Hebrew form of Old Persian *Xšayāršā*, known in Greek as Xerxes (Xerxes I, ruled 486–465 BC). 'Ahasuerus' (KJV) is a Latinized spelling of the Hebrew. 'Xerxes' (BSB, NIV) is the historical identification.

Esther 2:21 אֲחַשְׁוֵֽרֹשׁ׃ Ahasuerus

In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

Esther 3:1 אֲחַשְׁוֵר֜וֹשׁ Ahasuerus

After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.

Here: The Hebrew form of the Persian royal name Xšayāršā, known in Greek as Xerxes. Most scholars identify him as Xerxes I (486–465 BC).

Esther 3:6 אֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁ Ahasuerus

And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.

Esther 3:7 אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ Ahasuerus

In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

Esther 3:8 אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ Ahasuerus

Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.

Here: The Hebrew form of the Old Persian name Xšayāršā, known in Greek as Xerxes (Xerxes I, reigned 486–465 BC). That is why the BSB says 'Xerxes'.

Esther 3:12 אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁ֙ Ahasuerus

On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.

Here: The Hebrew form of the Persian Xšayāršā, known in Greek as Xerxes (I), who reigned 486–465 BC.

Esther 6:2 אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃ Ahasuerus

And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

Here: The Hebrew form of Old Persian Xšayāršā, known in Greek as Xerxes. Most scholars identify him as Xerxes I (486–465 BC). The very man whose life Mordecai saved is now hearing the record read.

Esther 7:5 אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ Ahasuerus

Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”

Esther 8:1 אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙ Ahasuerus

That same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed his relation to her.

Here: The Hebrew form of the Old Persian royal name Xšayāršā, known in Greek as Xerxes (Xerxes I, reigned 486–465 BC). BSB uses 'Xerxes'.

Esther 8:7 אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁ֙ Ahasuerus

So King Xerxes said to Esther the Queen and Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.

Here: The Hebrew form of the Persian name Khshayarsha, whom the Greeks called Xerxes (Xerxes I, ruled 486–465 BC). That is why the BSB says 'Xerxes'.

Esther 8:10 אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֔שׁ Ahasuerus

Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.

Esther 8:12 אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ Ahasuerus

The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

Esther 9:2 אֳחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ Ahasuerus

In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.

Esther 9:20 אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ Ahasuerus

Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,

Esther 9:30 אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ Ahasuerus

And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,

Esther 10:1 אֲחַשְׁוֵר֧וֹשׁ Ahasuerus

Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.

Esther 10:3 אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ Ahasuerus

For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.

Here: The Hebrew form of the Persian royal name Khshayarsha, known in Greek as Xerxes. This is generally taken to be Xerxes I (reigned 486–465 BC).

Daniel 9:1 אֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁ Ahasuerus

In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—