Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
In the third year - In this year, 483 BC, Xerxes assembled the governors of provinces at Susa, in connection with his contemplated expedition against Greece.
The nobles - literally, "the first men." The Hebrew word used is one adopted from the Persian.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Esther 1:3:
Daniel 7:28
Daniel 8:2
Acts 2:9
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