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The Book of Esther

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- Chapter 10 -

Mordecai's promotion

1
Then King Ahasuerus imposed a tax on the land and on the coastlands along the sea.
2
All the achievements of his power and might, together with the full account of the greatness of Mordecai to which the king had raised him, they are written in The Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia.
3
Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Ahasuerus. He was great among the Jews and popular with his many Jewish brothers, for he sought the welfare of his people and he spoke for the peace of all his people.

Mordecai's promotion

1
King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea.
2
Aren’t all the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
3
For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and accepted by the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his descendants.