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Esther 10 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Mordecai’s Advancement
Mordecai’s Greatness
Est 10:1And King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea.
Est 10:2Now all the acts of his power and his might, and the account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
Est 10:3For Mordecai the Jew was second to King Ahasuerus, and was great among the Jews and well received by the multitude of his brethren, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.[fn]
NKJV Footnotes
Literally seed. Septuagint and Vulgate add a dream of Mordecai here; Vulgate adds six more chapters.
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