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1 King Ahasuerus laid
a tribute on
the land and on
the islands of the
sea.
2 Aren’t all
the acts of
his power and
of his might,
and the full
account of the
greatness of
Mordecai, to which
the king advanced
him, written in
the book of
the chronicles of
the kings of
Media and Persia?
3 For
Mordecai the Jew
was next to
King Ahasuerus, and
great among the
Jews and accepted
by the multitude
of his brothers,
seeking the good
of his people
and speaking peace
to all his
descendants.