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.
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Barnes' Notes
Mordecai ... was next unto king Ahasuerus - See Est 2:5 note. Artabanus (Est 1:14 note) was favorite toward the end of Xerxes’ reign, i. e. in his 20th and 21st years.
Adam Clarke
Was next unto king Ahasuerus - He was his prime minister; and, under him, was the governor of the whole empire.
The Targum is extravagant in its encomiums upon Mordecai: "All the kings of the earth…
We are here told,
I. How great and powerful king Ahasuerus was. He had a vast dominion, both in the continent and among the islands, from which he raised a vast revenue. Besides the usual customs…
Est 10:1-3. Mordecai's greatness
The connexion of this short chapter with the rest of the Book is obscure. It may be a fragment of some other work, which, owing to its subject-matter, came to be…
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