Esther 2:21

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In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those who kept the threshold, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.

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The Babylonian and Persian EmpiresThe Babylonian and Persian empires that carried Judah into exile and later allowed the return.

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Susa was the Persian royal capital, where Mordecai learned of a plot against King Xerxes during the exile. Babylon and Jerusalem frame the wider setting: Mordecai’s Jewish community had been displaced from Jerusalem to Babylon and now lived under Persian rule.

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Esther 2:21 mentions Babylon, Jerusalem and Susa.

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