Mordecai’s Greatness

10 Now King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land and on the ^(A)coastlands of the sea. ² And all the ^[a]accomplishments of his authority and strength, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai ^(B)to which the king ^[b]advanced him, are they not written in ^(C)the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia? ³ For Mordecai the Jew was ^(D)second only to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and in favor with his many kinsmen, ^(E)one who sought the good of his people and one who spoke for the welfare of his whole nation.