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Esther 10:1

Ahasuerus
Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.

2 And all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised 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 King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.

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BSB
Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.
KJV
And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
WEB
King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea.
ASV
And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
DARBY
And king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land and the isles of the sea.
BLB
And King Ahasuerus set tribute upon the land and the islands of the sea.
ÅB
Kong Ahasverus la skatt på fastlandet og på øyene i havet.
OTB
Kong Ahasverus la skatt på landet og øyene i havet.
B1930
Kong Ahasverus la skatt på fastlandet og på øene i havet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • Isaiah 24:15

    Therefore glorify the LORD in the east. Extol the name of the LORD, the God of Israel in the islands of the sea.

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  • Psalms 72:10

    May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.

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  • Isaiah 11:11

    On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

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  • Genesis 10:5

    From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.

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  • Esther 1:1

    This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.

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  • Esther 8:9

    At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan ), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush —writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

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  • Daniel 11:18

    Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many of them. But a commander will put an end to his reproach and will turn it back upon him.

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  • Luke 2:1

    Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.

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