1 King Ahasuerus imposed tax on the land and onyIsa. 11:11; 24:15 the coastlands of the sea. 2 And all the acts of his power and might, and the full account of the high honor of Mordecai,zch. 8:15; 9:4 to which the king advanced him, are they not written inach. 2:23; 6:1 the Book of the Chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? 3 For Mordecai the Jew wasb2 Chr. 28:7; [Gen. 41:40] second in rank to King Ahasuerus, and he was great among the Jews and popular with the multitude of his brothers, for hec[Neh. 2:10; Ps. 122:8, 9] sought the welfare of his people and spoke peace to all his people.