Esther 10

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon ^athe isles of the sea. ²And all the acts of his ^bpower and of his might, and ^cthe declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, ^dwhereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in ^ethe book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? ³For Mordecai the Jew was ^fnext unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and ^gaccepted of the multitude of his brethren, ^hseeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.