Description
Mordecai resided in Susa (Shushan or Shoushan), the metropolis of Persia (now Iran). He adopted his orphaned cousin (Esther 2:7), Hadassah (Esther), whom he brought up as if she were his own daughter. … Subsequently, Mordecai discovered a plot of the king’s chamberlains Bigthan and Teresh to assassinate the king.
