Read Esther 10

World English Bible · 3 verses

1. ¹ King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
2. 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?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
3. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org