AND the king Achashverosh laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordekai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the cepher of the chronicles of the kings of Madai and Persia?
For Mordekai the Yahudiy was next unto King Achashverosh, and great among the Yahudiym, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.