King’s Gate Found at Susa Confirms the Bible Book of Esther
Susa (Shushan) was the city of the summer palace of ancient Persian kings. It is the setting of the Bible book of Esther. “At that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa” (Esther 1:2 NIV). A team of French archaeologists working there during the 1970’s discovered some locations mentioned in Esther. One of these very interesting finds is was a large gate at Susa, known as “the King’s gate,” (also called the Great Gate), which is mentioned 11 times in Esther (Esther 2:19,21; 3:2,3; 4:2,6; 5:9,13; 6:10,12).