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Esther 10:2 Explained in Context
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Verse 2. 2And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
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Quick Meaning
This verse locates the king's power and Mordecai's advancement in royal chronicles beyond this story
Read It With
- Esther 10:1–3
Read Esther 10:1–3 together. This verse locates the king's power and Mordecai's advancement in royal chronicles beyond this story Read Esther 10:1–3 as one complete Esther scene: Ahasuerus continues to tax the empire, and official chronicles record his power and Mordecai's advancement. Mordecai remains second to the king, widely accepted among Jews, seeking his people's welfare and speaking peace to their descendants.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The epilogue refuses a romantic ending in which empire disappears: Jewish survival and representation improve, yet tribute continues and Mordecai remains subordinate to Ahasuerus. Within that movement, this verse locates the king's power and Mordecai's advancement in royal chronicles beyond this story
Read Esther 10:1–3 together
Why these verses belong together: The king's tribute, the official chronicles, Mordecai's greatness, second rank, Jewish acceptance, welfare-seeking, and words of peace form the book's brief epilogue.
Verse 1. 1 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
Verse 2. 2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
Verse 3. 3 For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
What Remains True
Within Esther's story, this verse locates the king's power and Mordecai's advancement in royal chronicles beyond this story
How It Can Shape Life
- Treat appeals to official records as bounded testimony, not access to evidence that no longer survives.
Continue in Context
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Read Esther 10:1–3 — Mordecai's greatness remains second to the kingSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Esther 10:1–3, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Esther
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, repeated roots, Persian terms, clause relationships, names, and translation controls.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Esth.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 10:1–3
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Esther with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Material lexical, grammatical, textual, Persian-setting, literary, and translation notes within the unit.
Exact location: NET Bible Esther PDF, printed p. 793, translation and translator notes on 10:1–3
Open source ↗