Esther 10

¹King Ahasuerus imposed tax on the land and on the coastlands of the sea .

²And all the acts of his power and might , and the full account of the high honor 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 ?

³For Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Ahasuerus , and he was great among the Jews and popular with the multitude of his brothers , for he sought the welfare of his people and spoke peace to all his people .