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Other Things King Ahasuerus Did

10 King Ahasuerus imposed tribute[a] on the land and on the islands of the sea. Now as to all the powerful and great deeds of Ahasuerus, along with an exact statement about the high position[b] of Mordecai to which the king promoted him, these things are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia, are they not? Indeed, Mordecai the Jew was second in authority only[c] to King Ahasuerus and was a powerful official[d] among the Jewish people. Mordecai[e] was accepted favorably by his many kinsmen, and he sought the good of his countrymen and spoke out for the welfare of all his people.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 10:1 I.e. a kind of tax
  2. Esther 10:2 Lit. greatness
  3. Esther 10:3 Lit. second to King
  4. Esther 10:3 Or great
  5. Esther 10:3 Lit. He
  6. Esther 10:3 Lit. seed

The Greatness of Mordecai

10 King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the empire, to its distant shores.(A) And all his acts of power and might, together with a full account of the greatness of Mordecai,(B) whom the king had promoted,(C) are they not written in the book of the annals(D) of the kings of Media and Persia? Mordecai the Jew was second(E) in rank(F) to King Xerxes,(G) preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews.(H)

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