Esther 10:2
All he accomplished through his power and strength, as well as the complete account of the high position to which the king promoted Mordecai, are written down in the Book of the Records of the kings of Media and Persia.
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1King Xerxes imposed taxes throughout the empire, even to its most distant shores.
Cross References
1 Kings 14:19The rest of what Jeroboam did, how he engaged in warfare and how he reigned, they are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
Esther 2:23When the plot was investigated and found to be true, both men were impaled on poles. This was recorded in the official Book of Records by order of the king.
Esther 8:2The king removed his signet ring which he had taken back from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther put Mordecai in charge of Haman's property.
Esther 9:4Mordecai had a great deal of power in the royal palace, and his reputation spread throughout the provinces as his power increased.
Daniel 2:48Then the king promoted Daniel to a high position and gave him many expensive gifts, making him governor over the whole province of Babylon and head of all the wise men of Babylon.
Matthew Henry on Esther 10:2-3
The Glory of Mordecai. ( b. c. 495.) 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… Read the whole commentary →