- King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the empire, to its distant shores.
- And all his acts of power and might, together with a full account of the greatness of Mordecai to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Media and Persia?
- Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews.
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- 亞哈隨魯王使旱地和海島的人民都進貢。
- 他以權柄能力所行的、並他抬舉末底改使他高升的事、豈不都寫在瑪代和波斯王的歷史上麼。
- 猶大人末底改作亞哈隨魯王的宰相、在猶大人中為大、得他眾弟兄的喜悅、為本族的人求好處、向他們說和平的話。
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