(KJV) Esther 101

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⥃Tribute to Xerxes and Mordecai

[1] And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute2 upon the land, and [upon] the isles3 of the sea. [2] And all the acts4 of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him5, [are] they not written in the book6 of the chronicles of the kings of Media7 and Persia8? [3] For Mordecai the Jew [was] next unto king9 Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted10 of the multitude of his brethren, seeking11 the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

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  1. Esth 10:1, Ahasuerus’ greatness; Esth 10:3, Mordecai’s advancement. ↩

  2. Esth 1:1, Esth 8:9; Luke 2:1 ↩

  3. Gen 10:5; Ps 72:10; Isa 24:15; Dan 11:18 ↩

  4. 1Kgs 11:41, 1Kgs 22:39 ↩

  5. Heb. made him great, Esth 8:15, Esth 9:4; Ps 18:35; Dan 2:48 ↩

  6. Esth 2:23, Esth 6:1; 1Kgs 14:19 ↩

  7. Media, which comprehended the modern Azerbijan and part of Irak, was a celebrated country of Asia, bounded on the north by the Caspian Sea and Armenia, west by Assyria, south by Susiana and Persia, and east by Hyrcania and Parthia, extending from 30 degrees to 37 degrees n lat. and 45 degrees to 53 degrees e long. ↩

  8. Persia Proper, now Fars, was but a small province, being bounded on the north by Media, west by Susiana, south by the Persian Gulf, and east by Caramania, extending from 27 degrees to 33 degrees n lat. and 50 degrees to 55 degrees e long. But the Persian empire in its ancient state extended from the Hellespont to the Indus, above 2,800 miles, and from Pontus to the shores of Arabia, above 2,000 miles; comprehending a multitude of various nations. ↩

  9. Gen 41:44; 1Sam 23:17; 2Chr 28:7; Dan 5:16, Dan 5:29 ↩

  10. Esth 3:2; Rom 14:18 ↩

  11. Neh 2:10; Ps 122:6-9; Rom 9:2-3, Rom 10:1 ↩