Mordecai’s Fame

10 King Ahasuerus imposed a tax throughout the land(A) even to the farthest shores.[a](B) All of his powerful and magnificent accomplishments(C) and the detailed account of Mordecai’s great rank with which the king had honored him,(D) have they not been written in the Book of the Historical Events of the Kings of Media and Persia?(E) Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus.(F) He was famous among the Jews and highly esteemed by many of his relatives.(G) He continued to pursue prosperity for his people and to speak for the well-being of all his descendants.(H)

Footnotes

  1. 10:1 Or imposed forced labor on the land and the coasts of the sea

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)