17_EST_10_01 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and [upon] the isles of the sea.

17_EST_10_02 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

17_EST_10_03 For Mordecai the Jew [was] next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.