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.