1 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and [upon] the isles of the sea.
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?
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.
4 Then Mardocheus said, God hath done these things.
5 For I remember a dream which I saw concerning these matters, and nothing thereof hath failed.
6 A little fountain became a river, and there was light, and the sun, and much water: this river is Esther, whom the king married, and made queen:
7 And the two dragons are I and Aman.
8 And the nations were those that were assembled to destroy the name of the Jews:
9 And my nation is this Israel, which cried to God, and were saved: for the Lord hath saved his people, and the Lord hath delivered us from all those evils, and God hath wrought signs and great wonders, which have not been done among the Gentiles.
10 Therefore hath he made two lots, one for the people of God, and another for all the Gentiles.
11 And these two lots came at the hour, and time, and day of judgment, before God among all nations.
12 So God remembered his people, and justified his inheritance.
13 Therefore those days shall be unto them in the month Adar, the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the same month, with an assembly, and joy, and with gladness before God, according to the generations for ever among his people.
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Esther 10 concludes Esther's story with a brief description of Mordecai's power and her position in the Persian king's court. The central themes of this chapter are Mordecai's triumph over his enemies and the prosperity of Judah under the reign of Artaxerxes. Below are five verses that relate to these themes:
Nehemiah 2:8: "And a letter to Asaph, guard of the king's forest, to give me wood to cover the doors of the temple fortress and to the wall of the city and to the house where I will live." Mordecai is described in Esther 10:3 as a Jewish leader of great power and influence on the court of the Persian king. This verse in Nehemiah suggests that Mordecai used this influence to help rebuild the city of Jerusalem and the temple.
Ezra 7:1-10: This passage lists the Jewish leaders who returned from Babylonian exile and settled in Judah. Among them are descendants of Mordecai and other leaders of Esther's family. This suggests that the influence of Mordecai and Esther in Corte Persian helped ensure the safety and prosperity of the Jewish people after exile.
Ezra 6:14: "The leaders of the Jews continued to make progress in the construction of the temple and were encouraged by the prophet Haggai and the prophet Zechariah the son of gone." This verse shows that the temple in Jerusalem was successfully built after the return of the Babylonian exiles. Mordecai's influence on Corte Persian may have helped ensure the successful conclusion of this work.
Ezra 4:6: "In the reign of Xerxes at the beginning of their reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem." Ezra 4 describes the opposition that the Jewish people faced as they tried to rebuild the city of Jerusalem and the temple. Although Esther and Mordecai are not mentioned in this chapter, his influence on the Persian court may have helped to protect Judah from the opposition of the Persian rulers.
Isaiah 44:28-45:1: "Thus says the Lord to his anointed, Cyrus, whom I took by the right hand to subvert nations before him and to untie the bands, to open the doors and doors not to do not open before him will be closed ". This prophetic passage foresees the role of Cyrus, king of Persia, in the liberation of the Jews of Babylonian exile and in the reconstruction of the temple in Jerusalem. Although Cyrus is not mentioned in Esther's story, he is an important character in the history of Persia and the liberation of the Jews of Babylonian exile.
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