שׁוּשַׁן

Nehemiah 1:1 בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן in Susa

These are the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: In the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa,

Esther 1:2 בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן [was] in Susa

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

Esther 1:5 בְּשׁוּשַׁ֨ן in Susa

At the end of this time, in the garden court of the royal palace, the king held a seven-day feast for all the people in the citadel of Susa, from the least to the greatest.

Esther 2:3 שׁוּשַׁ֤ן Susa

and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.

Esther 2:5 בְּשׁוּשַׁ֣ן in Susa

Now there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish.

Esther 2:8 שׁוּשַׁ֥ן Susa

When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.

Esther 3:15 בְּשׁוּשַׁ֣ן שׁוּשָׁ֖ן in Susa, Susa

The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.

Here: The Persian winter capital in Elam (south-west Iran), where the story takes place.

Esther 4:8 בְּשׁוּשָׁ֤ן in Susa

Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.

Esther 4:16 בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן in Susa

“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”

Here: The Persian royal capital, the very city where the king's edict was issued. The fast takes place under the eyes of the empire.

Esther 8:14 בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן in Susa

The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.

Esther 8:15 שׁוּשָׁ֔ן Susa

Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

Here: Susa in south-west Iran, one of the Persian royal capitals. In 3:15 'the city of Susa' was thrown into confusion by Haman's edict. Here the same city reacts in the opposite way.

Esther 9:6 וּבְשׁוּשַׁ֣ן and in Susa

In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,

Esther 9:11 בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן in Susa

On that day the number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king,

Esther 9:12 בְּשׁוּשַׁ֣ן in Susa

who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”

Esther 9:13 בְּשׁוּשָׁ֔ן [are] in Susa

Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”

Esther 9:14 בְּשׁוּשָׁ֑ן in Susa

So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.

Esther 9:15 בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן בְשׁוּשָׁ֔ן [were] in Susa, in Susa

On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

Esther 9:18 בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן [were] in Susa

The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.

Daniel 8:2 בְּשׁוּשַׁ֣ן [was] in Susa

And in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.

Here: Susa (Hebrew Shushan), the ancient capital of Elam in what is now southwestern Iran. It later became one of the main royal seats of the Persian kings.