Esther

Esther is set in the Persian court, where a Jewish woman acts to stop a planned massacre.

Esther chapter 1

1Now in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over one hundred twenty-seven provinces),

2in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Susa the palace,

3in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his princes and his servants; the army of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces being before him.

Stichos reaches Esther as part of its one-chapter-a-day reading plan through the whole Bible.