Additions to Esther 1:16

16 Then the king appointed Mordecai to a position at court and gave him many gifts as a reward for what he had done.

Additions to Esther 1:16 In-Context

14 The king had them questioned, and when they confessed, they were led away and executed.
15 The king had an account of this written in the official records, and Mordecai also wrote an account of it.
16 Then the king appointed Mordecai to a position at court and gave him many gifts as a reward for what he had done.
17 But Haman son of Hammedatha, a Bougaean who was respected by the king, tried to cause trouble for Mordecai and his people the Jews, because Mordecai had been responsible for the death of the two eunuchs.
18 These things happened in the time of King Xerxes, who ruled 127 provinces, all the way from India to Ethiopia, from his royal throne in Susa, Persia's capital city.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.