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Esther 10 (KJV)

Mordecai used his power to seek others' good. That's what godly greatness looks like.

Summary of Esther 10

King Ahasuerus's greatness is recorded in the chronicles of Media and Persia, along with the honor of Mordecai, who becomes second only to the king. Mordecai is great among the Jews and well loved, because he seeks the good of his people and speaks peace to all his descendants.

Key verse

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.

Esther 10:3 (KJV)

Esther 10: full text (King James Version)

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.

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