Mordecai’s Greatness

      1Now King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land and on the coastlands of the sea. 2And all the accomplishments of his authority and strength, and the full account 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? 3For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and in favor with his many kinsmen, one who sought the good of his people and one who spoke for the welfare of his whole nation.

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American Standard Version
And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And king Assuerus made all the land, and all the islands of the sea tributary.

Darby Bible Translation
And king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land and the isles of the sea.

English Revised Version
And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

World English Bible
King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land, and on the islands of the sea.

Young's Literal Translation
And the king Ahasuerus setteth a tribute on the land and the isles of the sea;In the Days of Queen Esther
Under the favor shown them by Cyrus, nearly fifty thousand of the children of the captivity had taken advantage of the decree permitting their return. These, however, in comparison with the hundreds of thousands scattered throughout the provinces of Medo-Persia, were but a mere remnant. The great majority of the Israelites had chosen to remain in the land of their exile rather than undergo the hardships of the return journey and the re-establishment of their desolated cities and homes. A score or …
Ellen Gould White—The Story of Prophets and Kings

Esther
The spirit of the book of Esther is anything but attractive. It is never quoted or referred to by Jesus or His apostles, and it is a satisfaction to think that in very early times, and even among Jewish scholars, its right to a place in the canon was hotly contested. Its aggressive fanaticism and fierce hatred of all that lay outside of Judaism were felt by the finer spirits to be false to the more generous instincts that lay at the heart of the Hebrew religion; but by virtue of its very intensity …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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