That in those days, when king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the citadel,
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Captial. Hebrew, "palace, (Protestants; Haydock) or castle "(Calmet) may also signify "a capital. "(Montanus)
Hystaspes founded this ancient royal city of Persia, (Pliny, vi. 27.) or he greatly embellished it. (Calmet) (Ælian, Anim. xiii. 18.) (Tirinus)
He seems to have resided here almost constantly. The preceding kings (Calmet) spent the winter in this warm climate, and perhaps the spring. See 2 Esdras i. 1. They spent other parts of the year at Ecbatana and at Babylon. (Calmet)
