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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Esther 10

Chapter 10

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

laid a tribute

1:1 8:9 Luke 2:1

the isles

Genesis 10:5 Psalms 72:10 Isaiah 24:15 Daniel 11:18

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?

all the acts

1 Kings 11:41 22:39

advanced him

Heb. made him great.

8:15 9:4 Psalms 18:35 Daniel 2:48

in the book

2:23 6:1 1 Kings 14:19

Media

Media, which comprehended the modern Azerbijan and part of Irak, was a celebrated country of Asia, bounded on the north by the Caspian Sea and Armenia, west by Assyria, south by Susiana and Persia, and east by Hyrcania and Parthia, extending from 30 degrees to 37 degrees N. lat. and 45 degrees to 53 degrees E. long.

Persia

Persia Proper, now Fars, was but a small province, being bounded on the north by Media, west by Susiana, south by the Persian Gulf, and east by Caramania, extending from 27 degrees to 33 degrees N. lat. and 50 degrees to 55 degrees E. long. But the Persian empire in its ancient state extended from the Hellespont to the Indus, above 2,800 miles, and from Pontus to the shores of Arabia, above 2,000 miles; comprehending a multitude of various nations.

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.

next unto king

Genesis 41:44 1 Samuel 23:17 2 Chronicles 28:7 Daniel 5:16,29

accepted

3:2 Romans 14:18

seeking

Nehemiah 2:10 Psalms 122:6-9 Romans 9:2,3 10:1