2
And all the accomplishments of his authority and strength, and the fullaccount of the greatness of Mordecai to which the kingadvanced him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles* of the Kings of Media and Persia?
3
For Mordecai the Jew was second only to KingAhasuerus, and great among the Jews and in favor with his manykinsmen, one who sought the good of his people and one who spoke for the welfare of his wholenation.