Esther 1:1-2

Queen Vashti Deposed 1This is what happened during the time of Xerxes, Hebrew Ahasuerus; here and throughout Esther the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush That is, the upper Nile region : 2At that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,