And the king <H4428> Ahasuerus <H0325> laid <H7760> a tribute <H4522> upon the land, <H0776> and [upon] the isles <H0339> of the sea. <H3220>
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And all the acts <H4639> of his power <H8633> and of his might, <H1369> and the declaration <H6575> of the greatness <H1420> of Mordecai, <H4782> whereunto the king <H4428> advanced <H1431> him, [are] they not written <H3789> in the book <H5612> of the chronicles <H1697> <H3117> of the kings <H4428> of Media <H4074> and Persia? <H6539>
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For Mordecai <H4782> the Jew <H3064> [was] next <H4932> unto king <H4428> Ahasuerus, <H0325> and great <H1419> among the Jews, <H3064> and accepted <H7521> of the multitude <H7230> of his brethren, <H0251> seeking <H1875> the wealth <H2896> of his people, <H5971> and speaking <H1696> peace <H7965> to all his seed. <H2233>