Mordecai’s Greatness

10 Now King Ahasuerus imposed a tax on the land and the ^(A)coastlands of the sea. ² And every accomplishment of his authority and power, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai ^(B)with which the king honored him, are they not written in ^(C)the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia? ³ For Mordecai the Jew was ^(D)second only to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and in favor with his many kinsmen, ^(E)one who sought the good of his people and one who spoke for the welfare of his entire ^[a]nation.