1 And King Ahasuerus set tribute upon the land and the islands of the sea.2 And all the work of his power and his strength, and the account of the greatness of Mordecai [by] which the king made him great, are they not written in the Book of the Words of the Days of the Kings of Media and Persia?3 For Mordecai the Jew [was] second to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and was favored by the multitude of his brothers, seeking good for his people and speaking peace to all his seed.