Esther 1010EstherDeliverance and PurimJPS Tanakh 1917

JPS Tanakh 1917Berean Standard Bible

1. Tribute to Xerxes and Mordecai

2. 1JPSAnd the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.BSBBSB: Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.
3. 2JPSAnd all the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, how the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?BSBBSB: And 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?
4. 3JPSFor Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren; seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his seed.BSBBSB: For 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.

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