1
And King Achashverosh laid tribute upon the land and upon the islands of the sea.
2
And all the works of his power and his might, and the account of the greatness of Mordekhai, to which the king advanced him— are they not written in the Sefer of the Chronicles of the kings of Madai and Paras?
3
For Mordekhai the Yehudi was second to King Achashverosh, and great among the Yehudim, and accepted by the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people and speaking shalom to all his seed.