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 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.
 
[Esther 9](/study/esther/9) [Job 1](/study/job/1)

## Commentary

 To verse 1
 
**X.** 

(1) **Laid a tribute.**—The disastrous expedition to Greece must have taxed the resources of the empire to the utmost, and fresh tribute would therefore be requisite to fill the exhausted coffers. Besides this, a harassing war was still going on, even ten years after the battle of Salamis, on the coast of Asia Minor, and this would require fresh supplies. 

**The isles of the sea.**—The chief island yet remaining to the Persian Empire was Cyprus. Those in the Ægean Sea were now free from Persian rule, but possibly, even after the loss, the old phrase may have been retained; just as in modern times we have Kings of “England, *France,* and Ireland,” and of “the two Sicilies, and *Jerusalem”* &c.

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