Mordecai’s Advancement

10 And King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land and on ^(A)the islands of the sea. ² Now all the acts of his power and his might, and the account of the greatness of Mordecai, ^(B)to which the king ^[a]advanced him, are they not written in the book of the ^(C)chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? ³ For Mordecai the Jew was ^(D)second to King Ahasuerus, and was great among the Jews and well received by the multitude of his brethren, ^(E)seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his ^[b]countrymen.