To the southwest are the remains of a semicircular citadel, and across a ravine to the north is a platform containing the ruins of the "Hall of Audience" or "Throne Room," while a long terrace to the east was the site of the palace and the harem. In the Bible, Susa or Shushan is...
6 In the palace at Susa, they killed and destroyed five hundred men. 7 They also killed: Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, 8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, 9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha, 以斯帖记 9:6–9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY) 6 And in Shushan the fortress the ...
the king, and she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the women’s quarters to the king’s palace.14In the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch who kept the concubines....
以斯帖记 9:6–9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)6 And in the citadel of Susa the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,7 and Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, 8 Portha, Adalia, Aridatha, 9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha, ...