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Shushan

People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Shushan (shu'shan), a lily. A celebrated city, called by the Greeks Susa, in the province of Elam. There are various accounts of its origin; it must have existed at an early period. The site of Shushan has been identified with the modern Shush or Sus, between the river Choaspes (Kherkhah) and the Ulai (Eulæus). These are really two branches of the same river, which divides about 20 miles above Susa. Hence, Daniel might be standing on the "banks of the Ulai" and also "between Ulai." Daniel 8:2; Daniel 8:16. The site is nearly due east of Babylon and north of the Persian Gulf. The great central hall of the palace at Shushan was 343 feet long by 244 feet wide. The king's gate, where Mordecai sat, was probably a hall 100 feet square, 150 feet from the northern portico. Between these two was probably the inner court, where Esther appeared before the king.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Shushan'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​s/shushan.html. 1893.
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