1And the king, Ahasuerus, laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the seacoasts {isles of the sea}. 2And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, to which {whereunto} the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? 3For Mordecai, the Jew, was next unto King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the welfare {wealth} of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.