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shushan

shushan


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Shushan,  NY 
  Zip  code(s):  12873 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Shushan 
  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. 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Shushan,  lily;  rose;  joy