Esther 10:1

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

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

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Cross References

Esther 1:1And it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (that is, the Ahasuerus that reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces),

Psalms 72:10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer tribute:

Isaiah 24:15Therefore glorify Jehovah in the east, the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the west.

Luke 2:1But it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census should be made of all the habitable world.

Matthew Henry on Esther 10:1

This is but a part of a chapter; the rest of it, beginning at v. 4 , with six chapters more, being found only in the Greek, is rejected as apocryphal. In these three verses we have only some short hints, I. Concerning Ahasuerus in the throne, what a mighty prince he was, ver. 1, 2 . II. Concerning Mordecai his favourite, what a distinguished blessing he was to his people, ver. 2, 3 . Read the whole commentary →

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