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Esther Chapter
Ten
New King James Version
(NKJV)
Esther 10:1.
And
King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land and on the islands of the
sea.
YLT 1And the king Ahasuerus
setteth a tribute on the land and the isles of the sea;
And the King
Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land
and upon the isles of the sea.
Which include all his
dominions
both on the continent
and on the sea
the Aegean sea; though Aben
Ezra thinks it regards such as were not under his government
but stood in fear
of him
of whom he demanded tribute. If Ahasuerus was Xerxes
perhaps his
exchequer might be drained by his wars with the Grecians
which put him upon
this; though some understand this of his renewing the taxes and tribute
which
he remitted upon his marriage with Esther
Esther 2:18.
Esther 10:2.
2 Now all the acts of his
power and his might
and the account of the greatness of Mordecai
to which the
king advanced him
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Media and Persia?
YLT 2and all the work of his
strength
and his might
and the explanation of the greatness of Mordecai with
which the king made him great
are they not written on the book of the
Chronicles of Media and Persia?
And all the
acts of his power
and of his might
....
As Xerxes was a very
mighty and powerful prince:
and the
declaration of the greatness of Mordecai
whereunto the king advanced him;
the history of that
and
which tended not a little to the greatness
dignity and prosperity of the king
himself
and his whole kingdom:
are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
to which the reader is
referred by the writer of this book
the which were in being in his times
but
now lost: had they been preserved
they might have been of great use to lead
into the history of the Medes and Persians
which for want of them is very dark
and intricate; the writer of this book having nothing further to do with it
than as it related to the affairs of the Jews.
Esther 10:3.
3 For Mordecai the Jew was
second to King Ahasuerus
and was great among the Jews and well received by the
multitude of his brethren
seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to
all his countrymen.[a]
YLT 3For Mordecai the Jew [is]
second to king Ahasuerus
and a great man of the Jews
and accepted of the
multitude of his brethren
seeking good for his people
and speaking peace to
all his seed.
For Mordecai
the Jew was next unto Ahasuerus
....
The second man in the
kingdom
the principal of the counsellors
and prime minister of state:
and great among
the Jews;
highly respected by them
in great honour and esteem with them
for which there was great reason:
and accepted of
the multitude of his brethren;
or of many
of most
of
the greatest part of them; for
let a man be ever so deserving
there are some
that will envy his greatness
cavil at everything done by him
and speak evil of
him without any just reason:
seeking the
wealth of his people;
their good
their welfare
and happiness
temporal and spiritual:
and speaking
peace to all his seed;
not only to his family
but to all the Jews who were of the same seed with him
the seed of Abraham;
either speaking to them in an humble and condescending manner
being very
humane
affable
and courteous; or speaking for them to the king
asking of him
for them what might conduce to their peace
prosperity
and happiness. No
mention is made in this history of the death and burial either of Mordecai or
Esther; but the author of Cippi Hebraici saysF26P. 70. Ed.
Hottinger.
that Mordecai was buried in the city of Shushan
and that all the
Jews in those parts assemble at his grave on the day of Purim
and sing songs
playing on tabrets and pipes
rejoicing that there was a miracle wrought; and
the same writer saysF1Ib. p. 64.
they do the like at that time at
the grave of Esther
half a mile from Tzephat
read this book that bears her
name
eat
drink
and rejoice. Benjamin of Tudela saysF2Itinerar. p.
96.
they were both buried before a synagogue
at a place called Hamdan.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
New
King James Version (NKJV)
a.
Esther 10:3
Literally seed. Septuagint and Vulgate add a dream of Mordecai here;
Vulgate adds six more chapters.