sate on the throne] That is, had quietnesse and rest. Shushan] Nehemiah 1:1. the palace] The city and palace were both of one name. See chap. 3. 15. &4. 6. &9. 14, 15. The kings of Persia usually kept their winter-court here, as they did their summer-court at Ecbatana, Ezra 6:2. Shushan was a city situated on the river Coaspes: it hath its name in Hebrew from lilies, whereof store grew there in likelihood.