1And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.[ † ]Genesis 10:5Psalms 72:10Isaiah 11:11Isaiah 24:15 2And 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?[ † ]Esther 8:15, 9:4Esther 6:1 3For 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.[ † ]Genesis 41:40-43, 442 Chronicles 28:7Nehemiah 2:10Psalms 122:8-9