Susa — Bible place

A lily, the Susa of Greek and Roman writers, once the capital of Elam. It lay in the uplands of Susiana, on the east of the Tigris, about 150 miles to the north of the head of the Persian Gulf. It is the modern Shush, on the northwest of Shuster. Once a magnificent city, it is now an immense mass of ruins. Here Daniel saw one of his visions (Dan. 8); and here also Nehemiah (Neh. 1) began his public life. Most of the events recorded in the Book of Esther took place here. Modern explorers have brought to light numerous relics, and the ground-plan of the splendid palace of Shushan, one of the residences of the great king, together with numerous specimens of ancient art, which illustrate the statements of Scripture regarding it (Dan. 8:2). The great hall of this palace (Esther 1) “consisted of several magnificent groups of columns, together with a frontage of 343 feet 9 inches, and a depth of 244 feet. These groups were arranged into a central phalanx of thirty-six columns (six rows of six each), flanked on the west, north, and east by an equal number, disposed in double rows of six each, and distant from them 64 feet 2 inches.” The inscriptions on the ruins represent that the palace was founded by Darius and completed by Artaxerxes.

Recorded scripture occurrences (20)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: DAN 8:2

OET-RV DAN 8:2

2 In the vision, I saw that I was at the fortress in Shushan (Susa) (often called Shushan, in Eylam province), beside the Ulay Canal.

OET-LV DAN 8:2

2 And_I _saw in_vision and_he/it _was when_saw_I and_I was_in_Shūshan the_citadel which is_in_Elam the_province and_I _saw in_vision and_I I _was at the _canal _of ʼŪlay.

Show passage in OET: EZR 4:9

OET-RV EZR 4:9

9 From Rehum the high commissioner and Shimshay the provincial secretary, and the our companions, the judges and the rulers, the officials, the Persians, the Erekites, the Babylonians, the Susaites (that is, the Eylamites),

OET-LV EZR 4:9

9 Then Rəḩūm master _of command and_Shimshay the_scribe and_the _rest _of their _associates the_Dinay and_the_officials the_Tarpelites the_Sipparites the_Erechites the_Bāⱱelians the_Susanchites mmm the_ˊĒylāmites.

Show passage in OET: EST 1:2

OET-RV EST 1:2

2 In those days, he ruled his empire from Shushan (Susa), city.

OET-LV EST 1:2

2 In _the_days the_those just_as _sat the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh on the _throne _of his/its_kingdom which was_in_Shūshan the_citadel.

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