King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land, and on the islands of the sea. 2All his acts of power and might, and the full account of the greatness to which the king advanced Mordecai, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? 3For 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.