Esther 9:2

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the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them was fallen on all the peoples.

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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 principal royal city of the Persian Empire, located in Elam in present-day southwestern Iran. In this administrative center, Jews gathered under the king’s decree to defend themselves, showing how the reversal of Haman’s plot unfolded within Persia’s own seat of power.

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Esther 9:2 mentions Susa.