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And the king[H4428]Ahasuerus[H325]laid[H7760] a tribute[H4522] upon the land[H776], and upon the isles[H339] of the sea[H3220].
2
And all the acts[H4639] of his power[H8633] and of his might[H1369], and the declaration[H6575] of the greatness[H1420] of Mordecai[H4782], whereunto the king[H4428]advanced[H1431] him, are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697] of the kings[H4428] of Media[H4074] and Persia?[H6539]
3
For Mordecai[H4782] the Jew[H3064] was next[H4932] unto king[H4428]Ahasuerus[H325], and great[H1419] among the Jews[H3064], and accepted[H7521] of the multitude[H7230] of his brethren[H251], seeking[H1875] the wealth[H2896] of his people[H5971], and speaking[H1696]peace[H7965] to all his seed[H2233].