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The Greatness of Xerxes and Mordecai
King Xerxes imposed a tribute throughout his empire, even to the distant coastlands.
King Xerxes imposed a tribute throughout his empire, even to the distant coastlands.
Tribute to Xerxes and Mordecai
And king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land and the isles of the sea.
And king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land and the isles of the sea.
His great achievements and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, whom the king had promoted, are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Media and Persia.
And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
Mordecai the Jew became the prime minister, with authority next to that of King Xerxes himself. He was very great among the Jews, who held him in high esteem, because he continued to work for the good of his people and to speak up for the welfare of all their descendants.
For Mordecai the Jew was second to king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the welfare of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.