Esther 10

1 And the king4428 Ahasuerus325 laid7760 a tribute4522 upon the land776, and upon the isles339 of the sea3220.

2 And all the acts4639 of his power8633 and of his might1369, and the declaration6575 of the greatness1420 of Mordecai4782, whereunto the king4428 advanced1431 him, are they not written3789 in the book5612 of the chronicles1697 3117 of the kings4428 of Media4074 and Persia6539? advanced: Heb. made him great

3 For Mordecai4782 the Jew3064 was next4932 unto king4428 Ahasuerus325, and great1419 among the Jews3064, and accepted7521 of the multitude7230 of his brethren251, seeking1875 the wealth2896 of his people5971, and speaking1696 peace7965 to all his seed2233.

4 Then Mardocheus said, God hath done these things.

5 For I remember a dream which I saw concerning these matters, and nothing thereof hath failed.

6 A little fountain became a river, and there was light, and the sun, and much water: this river is Esther, whom the king married, and made queen:

7 And the two dragons are I and Aman.

8 And the nations were those that were assembled to destroy the name of the Jews:

9 And my nation is this Israel, which cried to God, and were saved: for the Lord hath saved his people, and the Lord hath delivered us from all those evils, and God hath wrought signs and great wonders, which have not been done among the Gentiles.

10 Therefore hath he made two lots, one for the people of God, and another for all the Gentiles.

11 And these two lots came at the hour, and time, and day of judgment, before God among all nations.

12 So God remembered his people, and justified his inheritance.

13 Therefore those days shall be unto them in the month Adar, the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the same month, with an assembly, and joy, and with gladness before God, according to the generations for ever among his people.