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Esther 10 (ERVEN) Easy to Read - English

1 King Xerxes made people pay taxes. All the people in the kingdom, even the faraway cities on the seacoast, had to pay taxes.
2 And all the great things Xerxes did are written in the Book of History of the Kings of Media and Persia. Also written in those history books are all the things Mordecai did. The king made Mordecai a great man.
3 Mordecai the Jew was second in importance to King Xerxes. He was the most important man among the Jews. His fellow Jews respected him very much, because he worked hard for the good of his people and brought peace to all the Jews.
1 And the king H4428 D-NMS Ahasuerus H325 laid H7760 W-VQY3MS a tribute H4522 upon H5921 PREP the land H776 D-GFS , and upon the isles H339 of the sea H3220 D-NMS .
2 And all H3605 W-CMS the acts H4639 M-CMS of his power H8633 and of his might H1369 , and the declaration H6575 of the greatness H1420 of Mordecai H4782 , whereunto H834 RPRO the king H4428 D-NMS advanced H1431 him , are they H1992 PPRO-3MP not H3808 D-NPAR written H3789 in H5921 PREP the book H5612 CMS of the chronicles H1697 CMP of the kings H4428 of Media H4074 and Persia H6539 ?
3 For H3588 CONJ Mordecai H4782 the Jew H3064 was next H4932 unto king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 , and great H1419 W-AMS among the Jews H3064 , and accepted H7521 of the multitude H7230 of his brethren H251 NMP-3MS , seeking H1875 the wealth H2896 AMS of his people H5971 , and speaking H1696 peace H7965 NMS to all H3605 L-CMS his seed H2233 .