1Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.[ † ]Genesis 10:5Psalms 72:10Isaiah 11:11Isaiah 24:15
2And all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?[ † ]Esther 8:15, 9:4Esther 6:1 3For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.[ † ]Genesis 41:40-43, 442 Chronicles 28:7Nehemiah 2:10Psalms 122:8-9