⁷ And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king's son and Azrikam the commander of the palace and Elkanah the next in authority to the king.

³ For Mordecai the Jew was ^(A)second in rank to King Ahasuerus, and he was great among the Jews and popular with the multitude of his brothers, for he ^(B)sought the welfare of his people and spoke peace to all his people.

¹⁵ So the men took this present, and they took double the money with them, and Benjamin. They arose and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

¹² Take double the money with you. Carry back with you the money ^(A)that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it was an oversight.

⁴³ And he made him ride in his second chariot. ^(A)And they called out before him, “Bow the knee!”^[a] Thus he set him ^(B)over all the land of Egypt.