¹⁵ Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man.^(A)

Advancement Is Meaningless

¹³ Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to heed a warning.

²³ The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.^(A)

² It was found recorded there that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s officers who guarded the doorway, who had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.^(A)

³ “What honor and recognition has Mordecai received for this?” the king asked.

“Nothing has been done for him,”^(B) his attendants answered.

²² Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice,^(A) and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bikri and threw it to Joab. So he sounded the trumpet, and his men dispersed from the city, each returning to his home. And Joab went back to the king in Jerusalem.