1 The king levied a tax upon his kingdom both by land and sea.
2 As for his strength and valour, and the wealth and glory of his kingdom, behold, they are written in the book of the Persians and Medes for a memorial.
3 Mordecai was viceroy to King Ahasuerus, and was a great man in the kingdom, honoured by the Jews, and lived his life loved by all his nation.ᵃᵇᶜᵈ