Now King Ahasuerus
laid
a tribute
on the land
and on the acoastlands
of the sea
.
And all the 1accomplishments
of his authority
and strength
, and the full
account
of the greatness
of Mordecai
ato which
the king
2advanced
him, are they not written
in bthe Book
of the Chronicles
of the Kings
of Media
and Persia
?
For Mordecai the Jew
was asecond
only to King
Ahasuerus
, and great
among the Jews
and in favor
with his many
kinsmen
, bone who sought
the good
of his people
and one who spoke
for the welfare
of his whole
nation
.