Est 1:1 | HCSB | STEP | These events took place during the days of Ahasuerus , who ruled 127 provinces from India to Cush .

‏ Esther 1:1

1 These events took place during the days of Ahasuerus, ^{▼▼= Xerxes; he reigned 486-465 b.c.
,} ^b who ruled 127 provinces ^c from India ^{▼▼= modern Pakistan} to ^{▼▼Cush/ Cushite: The lands of the Nile in southern Egypt, including Nubia and Northern Sudan; the people who lived in that region}Cush.