Esther 10
Geneva Bible 1599
Chapter overview
The book closes by noting the king’s power and Mordecai’s advancement to second in rank. Mordecai is respected among the Jews because he seeks the welfare of his people and speaks peace to the generations that follow.
MordecaiLeadershipPublic serviceWelfarePeace
1And the King Ahashuerosh layd a tribute vpon the land, and vpon the yles of the sea.
2And all the actes of his power, and of his might, and the declaration of the dignitie of Mordecai, wherwith the King magnified him, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?
3For Mordecai the Iewe was the second vnto King Ahashuerosh, and great among the Iewes, and accepted among the multitude of his brethren, who procured the wealth of his people, and spake peaceably to all his seede.
Geneva Bible 1599 — Public Domain. Where these translations come from.