Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered outside the gate. Therefore, let us go forth to him outside the camp, bearing his reproach. For we have no continuing city here, but we seek one to come.
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Esther 1
¶1. Now, this came to pass in the days of Ahashverosh, the Ahashverosh who reigned from Hoddu to Cush, one hundred twenty-seven provinces.
2. In those days, when King Ahashverosh sat on his kingdom’s throne which was in Shushan, the citadel,
3.in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his rulers and his servants. The power of Persia and Media, the nobles and the rulers of the provinces, were before him
4.while he displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his excellent majesty for many days, one hundred and eighty days.
5. And when these days were finished, the king made a feast for all the people who were present in Shushan, the citadel, for both great and small, seven days, in the courtyard of the garden of the king’s palace.
6. There were white linen and blue canopies fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rods and pillars of marble, couches of gold and silver on a pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl[1], and precious stone,
7.and they served drinks in vessels of gold, with the vessels being different from one another. And the royal wine was in abundance, according to the king’s bounty.
8. And the drinking was governed by an edict, “Let there be no compulsion”, for so had the king appointed to every official of his house, that each man should do according to his desire.
9. Vashti the queen also made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to King Ahashverosh.
10. On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he told Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who ministered in the presence of King Ahashverosh,
11.to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown to show the people and the rulers her beauty, for she was beautiful in appearance.
12. But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command by the hand of the eunuchs. Then the king was very angry, and his wrath burned within him.
13. And the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for such was the king’s manner before all who knew law and judgment)
14.and those next to him, Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memucan, the seven rulers of Persia and Media who saw the king’s face, those who sat first in the kingdom,
15.“According to law, what is to be done with Queen Vashti since she did not obey the commandment of King Ahashverosh by the hand of the eunuchs?”
16. Then, Mumecan said before the king and the rulers, “Not against the king alone has Vashti the queen done evil, but against all the rulers and all the people who are in all the provinces of King Ahashverosh.
17.For this matter of the queen will go abroad to all women, so that in their eyes, they will despise their husbands when it is reported that King Ahashverosh commanded to bring Vashti the queen before him, and she did not come.
18.For in that day, the noblewomen of Persia and Media, when they have heard the report of the queen, will speak with the same contempt and wrath to all the king’s rulers.
19.If it please the king, let a royal decree go out from him and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and Medes, which may not be repealed, that Vashti may no longer come before King Ahashverosh, and let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she.
20.And the king’s edict which he makes will be heard throughout his kingdom (for it is vast), and all the wives shall give honor to their husbands, both great and small.”
21. And the thing was good in the eyes of the king and the rulers, and the king did according to the word of Memucan.
22. And he sent letters to all the king’s provinces, to each province in its own script and to every people according to their language, that every man should be master in his house, and it was communicated according to the language of his people.
Esther 2
¶1. After these things, when the wrath of King Ahashverosh had subsided, he remembered Vashti, and what she did, and what had been decreed concerning her.
2. And the king’s servants who attended him said, “Let them seek beautiful young virgins for the king.
3.And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom that they may gather every beautiful young virgin to Shushan the citadel, to the house of the women, into the custody of Hege the king’s eunuch, keeper of the women, and let the things for their purification be provided.
4.And let the maiden who is pleasing in the eyes of the king be queen instead of Vashti.” And the thing was good in the eyes of the king, and he did so.
¶5. There was a Jewish man in Shushan the citadel, and his name was Mordecai ben-Jair, son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite,
6.who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity who were carried away with Jeconiah the king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon carried away.
7. And he had brought up Hadassah (she is Esther), the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. Now, the girl had a beautiful figure and a lovely appearance. And when her father and her mother were dead, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.
8. And it came to pass when the king’s commandment and his decree were heard, and when many maidens were being gathered to Shushan the citadel, into the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought to the house of the king into the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
9. And the maiden was pleasing in his eyes, and she obtained favor before him, and he straightway provided her with her things for purification. And her portions were given to her, and seven attending maidens from the house of the king were given to her, and he moved her and her maidens to the best place in the house of the women.
10. Esther had not made known her people or her kindred, for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.
11. And every day Mordecai walked back and forth before the court of the house of the women, to learn of Esther’s welfare and what was being done with her.
¶12. Now, when each maiden’s turn came to go into King Ahashverosh after her twelve months had passed, according to the decree for the women (for in this manner were their days of purification completed: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices and the other things for purification of the women),
13.then the maiden went into the king in this manner: whatever she desired was given to her to go with her from the house of the women to the king’s house.
14. In the evening she went in, and in the morning, she returned to the second house of the women, into the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch, who kept the concubines; she did not go into the king again unless the king delighted in her, and she was summoned by name.
¶15. And when the turn came for Esther, daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his daughter, to go into the king, she requested nothing except what Hegai the king’s eunuch, keeper of the women, advised. (And Esther had found favor in the eyes of all who saw her.)
16. And Esther was taken to King Ahashverosh, into his royal house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
17. And the king loved Esther more than any of the women, and she found more grace and favor in his presence than any of the virgins, and he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.
18. And the king made a great feast for all his rulers and his servants, a feast for Esther, and he made a holiday for the provinces, and he gave gifts according to the king’s bounty.
¶19. Now, when the virgins were gathered a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.
20. Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, just as Mordecai had commanded her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai’s command just as when she was brought up by him.
21. In those days, as Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who kept the door, became angry, and they sought to lay hands on King Ahashverosh.
22. And the thing became known to Mordecai, and he told it to Esther the queen, and Esther spoke to the king in Mordecai’s name.
23. And when the matter was investigated and was found out, then they were both hanged on a tree. And it was recorded in the book of the chronicles before the king.
Esther 3
¶1. After these things, King Ahashverosh promoted Haman ben-Hammedatha, the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the rulers who were with him.
2. And all the king’s servants, who were in the king’s gate, bowed down and did obeisance to Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai neither bowed nor did obeisance.
3. Then the king’s servants, who were in the king’s gate, said to Mordecai, “Why are you transgressing the king’s command?”
4. And it came to pass that they spoke to him daily, but he gave them no heed, and they reported it to Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s words would stand, for he had told them that he was a Jew.
5. And when Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing or doing him obeisance, Haman was filled with wrath.
6. But it was not enough in his eyes to lay hands on Mordecai alone (for they had denounced Mordecai’s people to him), and Haman set about to exterminate all the Jews, Mordecai’s people, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahashverosh.
7. In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahashverosh, one cast a pur (that is, the lot) before Haman for which day and for which month. The twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, was taken.
8. Then, Haman said to King Ahashverosh, “There is a certain people who have been scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different from all people, and they do not observe the king’s laws. Therefore, it is not fitting for the king to let them remain.
9.If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed, and I will weigh out ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those who have charge of the business, to put it into the king’s treasuries.”
10. And the king took off his ring from his hand, and he gave it to Haman ben-Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
11. And the king said to Haman, “The silver is given to you, and the people, to do with it as seems good in your eyes.”
12. Then, the king’s scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and it was written according to all that Haman commanded, to the king’s satraps, to the governors who were over each province, to the rulers of every people of each province in its own script, and to every people according to its language; it was written in the name of King Ahashverosh, and it was sealed with the king’s signet-ring.
13. And the letters were sent by the hand of runners to all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to exterminate all the Jews, from young to old, little ones and women, on one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods.
14. A copy of the letter was issued, a decree in every province, a proclamation to all peoples to be ready for that day.
15. The runners went out, hastened by the king’s command, and the decree was issued at Shushan the citadel. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Shushan was perplexed.
Esther 4
¶1. And Mordecai learned all that had been done. Then, Mordecai tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth and ashes, and he went out into the midst of the city and cried out, a loud and bitter cry.
2. He even went to the entrance of the king’s gate, but one could not enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth.
3. And in every province, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, and weeping, and lamentation. Sackcloth and ashes were spread out for many.
4. And Esther’s maids and her eunuchs came and told her. And the queen was greatly distressed, and she sent garments to clothe Mordecai and take his sackcloth off him, but he would not accept them.
5. Then, Esther called for Hatach, one of the king’s eunuchs whom he had appointed to attend her, and she commanded him concerning Mordecai, to learn what this was, and why it was so.
6. So, Hatach went out to Mordecai in the street of the city that was before the king’s gate.
7. And Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and of the sum of silver which Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the extermination of the Jews.
8. He also gave him a copy of the written decree, which was issued in Shushan for their destruction, to show Esther, and to make it known to her, and to charge her to go into the king to beg his favor and to seek him on behalf of her people.
9. And Hatach went in and reported Mordecai’s words to Esther.
10. Esther again spoke to Hatach and commanded him to say to Mordecai,
11.“All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that for any man or woman who goes in to the king, to the inner court, who is not summoned, his one decree is to put them to death, except to whomever the king holds out the golden scepter that he may live, and I have not been called to go in to the king these thirty days.”
12. And they told Esther’s words to Mordecai.
13. But Mordecai said in return to Esther, “Do not think within yourself that you will escape in the king’s house any more than all the Jews.
14.For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. But who knows if you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
15. Then, Esther said in reply to Mordecai,
16.“Go! Gather all the Jews found in Shushan and you fast for me. Neither eat nor drink for three days, night and day. I also will fast with my maids likewise, and thus will I go in to the king, which is against the decree. And if I perish, I perish.”
17. Mordecai then went his way, and he did according to all that Esther commanded him.
Esther 5
¶1. And it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal garb and stood in the inner court of the king’s house before the king’s house. And the king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal house opposite the entrance of the house.
2. And it happened that when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she obtained favor in his eyes, and the king extended the golden scepter which was in his hand to Esther. Then, Esther drew near and touched the top of the scepter.
3. And the king said to her, “What is it, Queen Esther, and what is your request? Even to half of the kingdom will it certainly be given to you!”
4. And Esther said, “If it please the king, let the king, with Haman, come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him.”
5. And the king said, “Bring Haman quickly, that he may do what Esther has said!” And the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
6. And during the banquet of wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? For it shall be given to you. And what is your request? Even to half of the kingdom shall it certainly be done!”
7. And Esther answered and said, “My petition and my request is –
8.if I have found favor in the eyes of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and to perform my request – let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will prepare for them. And tomorrow, I will do as the king has said.”
9. And Haman went out joyfully that day, and with a glad heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate and he did not rise or tremble before him, Haman was filled with wrath against Mordecai.
10. But Haman restrained himself, and when he entered his house, he sent for and gathered his friends and Zeresh his wife.
11. And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the number of his sons, and of all the king’s promotion of him, and that he had advanced him above the rulers and servants of the king.
12. And Haman said, “Yea, Esther the queen allowed no one except me to come with the king to the banquet that she had prepared. Moreover, tomorrow also am I invited by her with the king.
13.But all of this is nothing to me, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting in the king’s gate.”
14. Then, Zeresh his wife, and all his friends, said to him, “Let gallows be made, fifty cubits high, and in the morning, speak to the king that they might hang Mordecai on it. Then, go joyfully to the banquet with the king. And the thing pleased Haman, and he made the gallows.
Esther 6
¶1. During that night, the king’s sleep fled, and he commanded that the book of records, the chronicles, be brought. And they were read before the king.
2. And it was found written that Mordecai had informed on Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who kept the door, who had sought to lay hands on King Ahashverosh.
3. And the king said, “What honor or distinction has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?” And the king’s servants who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.”
4. Then the king said, “Who is in the court?” (Now, Haman had come to the outer court of the king’s house to speak to the king to have Mordecai hanged on the gallows that he had prepared for him.)
5. And the king’s servants said to him, “Behold, Haman is standing in the court.” And the king said, “Have him come in.”
6. So Haman came in, and the king said to him, “What shall be done for the man whom the King delights to honor?” Now, Haman thought in his heart, “To whom would the King delight to give honor more than myself?”
7. So, Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor,
8.let them bring royal apparel that the king himself has worn, and a horse on which the king has ridden, and the royal crown which is set on his head.
9.And let the apparel and the horse be put into the hand of one of the rulers of the king’s nobles, that they may array the man whom the king delights to honor, and let them lead him on horseback through the city square, and let them proclaim before him, ‘Thus shall it be done for the man whom the king delights to honor!’”
10. Then the king said to Haman, “Quickly! Take the apparel and the horse, just as you said, and do this for Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting in the king’s gate. Let nothing fail of all that you said!”
11. So, Haman took the apparel and the horse, and he arrayed Mordecai, and led him through the city square, and proclaimed before him, “Thus shall it be done for the man whom the king delights to honor.”
12. Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house mourning, with his head covered.
13. And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. And his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the seed of the Jews, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him.”
14. While they were still speaking with him, the king’s eunuchs arrived, and they hastened to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
Esther 7
¶1. And the king, with Haman, went to drink with Esther the queen.
2. And the king again said to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition, Queen Esther, for it shall be granted to you, and what is your request? Even to half the kingdom shall it be done.”
3. Then Queen Esther answered, and said, “If I have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given to me at my petition, and my people at my request.
4.For we have been sold, I and my people, to be exterminated, to be slaughtered, and to be annihilated. Had we but been sold as male slaves and female slaves, I would have kept silent, for such an adversary would not be worth the king’s trouble.”
5. Then King Ahashverosh spoke, and he said to Queen Esther, “Who is this man and where is he, who has dared in his heart to do such a thing‽”
6. And Esther said, “The man, the adversary and enemy, is this wicked Haman!” Then, Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.
7. Then, the king arose in his fury from the banquet of wine and went to the palace garden, and Haman stood up to plead for his life from Esther the queen, for he saw the evil determined for him by the king.
8. And when the king returned from the palace garden to the house of the banquet of wine, Haman had fallen on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he also violate the queen with me in the house‽” The word went out from the king’s mouth, and they covered Haman’s face.
9. And Harbonah, one of the eunuchs before the king, said, “Also, behold, the gallows which Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, are standing at Haman’s house, fifty cubits high!” And the king said, “Hang him on it.”
10. So, they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai. Then, the king’s wrath was pacified.
Esther 8
¶1. On that day, King Ahashverosh gave the house of Haman, the Jews’s enemy, to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came in before the king, for Esther had revealed what he was to her.
2. And the king took off his signet-ring, which he had taken away from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
¶3. And Esther spoke again before the king, and she fell down at his feet and wept and pleaded with him to avert the evil of Haman the Agagite, to wit, his plan that he had devised against the Jews.
4. And the king extended the golden scepter to Esther, and Esther rose and stood before the king.
5. And she said, “If it please the king, and if I have found favor before him, and the thing is right to the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to revoke the letters, the scheme of Haman ben-Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote in order to exterminate the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.
6.For how can I endure when I see the evil that will come to my people? And how can I endure when I see the extermination of my kindred?”
7. Then, King Ahashverosh said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given the house of Haman to Esther, and they hanged him on the gallows because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
8.But regarding the Jews, write what is good in your eyes in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s signet-ring, for writing which is written in the king’s name and sealed with the king’s signet-ring cannot be revoked.”
9. And the king’s scribes were summoned at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, the twenty-third day thereof, and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, and to the satraps and governors, and the rulers of the provinces, who were from Hoddu to as far as Cush, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to each province in its script, and to each people according to its language, and to the Jews in their script and their language.
10. And he wrote in the name of King Ahashverosh, and he sealed it with the king’s signet-ring. Then, he sent the letters by the hand of couriers on horses, riding steeds bred from royal stock,
11.in which the king permitted the Jews who were in every city to gather and to take a stand for their life to destroy, and kill, and to annihilate any force of a people or a province that attacks them, little ones and women, and plunder their goods,
12.in all the provinces of King Ahashverosh on one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.
13. A copy of what was written was to be issued as a decree in every province, published for all peoples, that the Jews should be ready on that day to take vengeance on their enemies.
14. The couriers went out riding royal steeds, hastened and pressed on by the king’s command. And the decree was issued at Shushan the citadel.
¶15. And Mordecai went out from the king’s presence in royal apparel of blue and white, and a splendid golden crown, and a garment of fine linen and purple. And the city of Shushan shouted and rejoiced.
16. For the Jews, there was light, and gladness, and rejoicing, and honor.
17. And in every province, and in every city – whatever place the king’s commandment and his decree came – there was gladness and rejoicing for the Jews, feasting and a day of happiness. And many of the people of the land declared themselves to be Jews, for fear of the Jews had fallen on them.
Esther 9
¶1. Now, in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day thereof, when the day arrived that the king’s command and his decree could be acted upon (on the day when the Jews’ enemies had hoped to have the mastery over them, but it had been reversed, so that the Jews had mastery over them who hated them),
2.the Jews gathered in their cities in all the provinces of King Ahashverosh to lay hands on those who sought their harm; and no man could stand against them, for fear of them had fallen on all the peoples.
3. And all the rulers of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors, and the king’s officials assisted the Jews because fear of Mordecai had fallen on them,
4.for Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout the provinces. Indeed, the man Mordecai continued and was great.
¶5. Now, the Jews struck down all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and they did with those who hated them as they pleased.
6. And in Shushan the citadel, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.
7. And Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
8.Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
9.Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vajezatha,
10.the ten sons of Haman ben-Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, they killed, but they did not lay their hands on the spoil.
¶11. On that day, the number of those killed in Shushan the citadel was brought to the king.
12. And the king said to Esther the queen, “In Shushan the citadel, the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, and the ten sons of Haman. What will they have done in the rest of the king’s provinces? Now, what is your petition? For it shall also be granted to you. And what is your further request? It, too, shall be performed.”
13. Then Esther said, “If it please the king, let it also be granted tomorrow, for the Jews who are in Shushan to act in accordance with today’s decree and hang the ten sons of Haman on the gallows.
14. And the king commanded it to be done so, and the decree was issued in Shushan; and they hung Haman’s ten sons.
15. And the Jews who were in Shushan also assembled on the fourteenth day of the month Adar. And they killed three hundred men in Shushan, but they did not lay their hands on the spoil.
16. But the other Jews who were throughout the king’s provinces assembled and took a stand for their lives, and had rest from their enemies. And they killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them, but they did not lay their hands on the spoil,
17.on the thirteenth day of the month Adar. But on the fourteenth thereof, they rested and established it as a day of feasting and gladness.
18. But the Jews who were in Shushan assembled on the thirteenth thereof and on the fourteenth, but on the fifteenth, they rested and established it as a day of feasting and gladness.
19. Therefore, the Jews in the villages, who dwelt in unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a day of happiness, and of sending portions from each to his neighbor.
¶20. And Mordecai wrote these things down, and he sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahashverosh, those near and far off,
21.to establish for them that they should observe the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day, in each year,
22.being the days on which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned from sorrow to gladness for them, and from mourning to a day of happiness, to make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions from each to his neighbor and gifts for the poor.
23. And the Jews adopted what they had begun to do, even as Mordecai wrote to them,
24.for Haman ben-Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast pur, that is, the lot, to move against them and destroy them.
25. But when Esther came before the king, he gave command with the letter. He returned his wicked design which he devised against the Jews upon his own head, and they hanged him and his sons on the gallows.
26. Therefore, these days were named “Purim”, after the name of the pur. And concerning all the words of this letter, and what they had witnessed concerning this, and what had happened to them,
27.the Jews established and took upon themselves, and upon their seed, and upon all who joined themselves to them, that they would not fail to keep these two days as it was written to them, and according to their set time every year.
28. And these days are to be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city, that these days of Purim do not pass away among the Jews, or their remembrance cease among their seed.
¶29. Then Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.
30. And he sent the letters to all the Jews, words of peace and truth, to the one hundred twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahashverosh,
31.to confirm these days of Purim at their set time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had established for them, and just as they had established for themselves, and for their seed, with instructions for their fasts and lamentation.
32. And Esther’s command confirmed these details for Purim, and it was written in the book.
Esther 10
¶1. And King Ahasherosh laid a tribute upon the land and the isles of the sea.
2. And every deed of his strength and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai to which the king promoted him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
3. For Mordecai the Jew was second to King Ahashverosh, and great among the Jews, and in favor with the multitude of his kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all their seed.
Footnotes
[1] Hebrew uncertain.