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Esther

Esther 10

KJV

1

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

2

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?

3

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.

The empire continues

The opening notice about tribute reminds the reader that Haman's defeat did not dismantle Persian imperial power. Deliverance has changed the position of the Jews within the empire, not the existence of the empire itself.

Mordecai enters public memory

The reference to the chronicles gives Mordecai's advancement an official dimension. The same world of royal records that once preserved his unrewarded loyalty now records the scale of his later prominence.

Greatness is tied to service

The final verse does more than name Mordecai's rank. It evaluates his leadership by its direction: he seeks the good of his people and speaks for their welfare, leaving the book with a political ideal of influence used on behalf of others.