Esther 1:1-4

Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Cush over 127 provinces,

in those days as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in Susa,

in the third year of his reign he held a banquet for all his officials and attendants, the army officers of Persia and Media, the nobles and the officials of his provinces, in his presence.

At that time he displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his great majesty for many days, 180 days.