Esther 10

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Mordecai’s Fame

10 King Ahasuerus imposed a tax throughout the land^(A) even to the farthest shores.^{[a](B) 2} All of his powerful and magnificent accomplishments^(C) and the detailed account of Mordecai’s great rank to which the king had honored him,^(D) have they not been written in the Historical Records of the Kings of Media and Persia?^{(E) 3} Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus,^(F) famous among the Jews, and highly popular with many of his relatives.^(G) He continued to seek good for his people and to speak for the welfare of all his descendants.^(H)