¹And King Ahasuerus levied a tax on the land and the islands. ²And every act of his authority and his power, and the account of the greatness of Mordecai whom the king made great, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia? ³For Mordecai the Jew was second to King Ahasuerus, and he was great among the Jews, and he was well-received among the multitude of his brothers, seeking good for his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.