King James Version (KJV)
That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
Modern English
in those days, when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa the citadel,
Hebrew
בַּיָּמִ֖ים הָהֵ֑ם כְּשֶׁ֣בֶת הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֮ עַ֣ל כִּסֵּ֣א מַלְכוּתוֹ֒ אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן הַבִּירָֽה׃
bayamiym hahem kshebet hamelek ʾaḥashvervosh ʿal kiseʾ malkvtvo ʾasher bshvshan habiyrah