1The greatness of Ahasuerus, and Mordecai's advancement under him.
1AND the king Ahasuerus alaid a tribute upon the land, and upon the bisles of the sea.
a Lu. 2.1. ch. 1.1; 8.9. Ro. 12.7,8. b Da. 11.18. Ge. 10.5. Is. 11.11; 24.15.
2And call the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, dwhereunto the king 1advanced him, are they not written in ethe book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
1Heb. made him great, Ps. 18.35. Job 29.8,9.
c 1Ki. 11.41; 14.19,29; 15.7,23. d ch. 8.15; 9.4. e ch. 2.23; 6.1.
3For Mordecai the Jew was fnext unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and gaccepted of the multitude of his brethren, hseeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
f Ge. 41.40-44. 2Ch. 28.7. 1Sa. 23.17. g ch. 3.1. Lu. 2.52. h Ne. 2.10. Ps. 137.5,6. Ro. 9.2,3; 10.1.