1 And King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land and on ^athe islands of the sea.  ‡

2 Now all the acts of his power and his might, and the account of the greatness of Mordecai, ^ato which the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the ^bchronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?  ‡

3 For Mordecai the Jew was ^asecond to King Ahasuerus, and was great among the Jews and well received by the multitude of his brethren, ^bseeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his¹ countrymen. ‡