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Esther 10
Three verses close the book. The king who once threatened the Jews' survival now levies tribute across land and sea, and the narrative points readers to "the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia" for the full record of Mordecai's greatness. Read it as a coda, not a scene. The frame shifts from crisis to settled administration, and the last word is about a man promoted to second in rank who uses that power for his people.
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King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea.
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Aren’t all the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
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For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and accepted by the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his descendants.
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Y EL rey Assuero impuso tributo sobre la tierra y las islas de la mar.
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Y toda la obra de su fortaleza, y de su valor, y la declaración de la grandeza de Mardochêo, con que el rey le engrandeció, ¿no está escrito en el libro de los anales de los reyes de Media y de Persia?
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Porque Mardochêo Judío fué segundo después del rey Assuero, y grande entre los Judíos, y acepto á la multitud de sus hermanos, procurando el bien de su pueblo, y hablando paz para toda su simiente.
An ending measured in office, not miracle
There is no speech, no banquet, no divine name here, only the language of empire: tribute, chronicles, rank. Mordecai is "next to King Ahasuerus," the very position of authority Haman once held and abused.
The final line defines his greatness by its purpose: "seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his descendants." The book that opened with a queen deposed at a feast ends with a Jew who protects the community from inside the same court.
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