1 King|strong="H4428" Xerxes made|strong="H7760" people|strong="H0776" pay|strong="H7760" taxes. All the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H0776" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" kingdom|strong="H4428", even|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5921" faraway cities on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" seacoast, had|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" pay|strong="H7760" taxes.
2 And|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1431" things|strong="H1697" Xerxes did|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" \+w Book|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* History \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Media|strong="H4074"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Persia|strong="H6539"\+w*. Also|strong="H4428" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" history books|strong="H5612" are|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" Mordecai|strong="H4782" did|strong="H0834". The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" made|strong="H4639" Mordecai|strong="H4782" a|strong="H0834" great|strong="H1431" man|strong="H3605".
3 Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H3605" Jew|strong="H3064" was|strong="H4428" second|strong="H4932" in|strong="H4428" importance to|strong="H1696" King|strong="H4428" Xerxes. He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" most|strong="H4428" important|strong="H1419" man|strong="H3605" among|strong="H0251" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064". His|strong="H3605" fellow|strong="H0251" Jews|strong="H3064" respected|strong="H7230" him|strong="H3605" very|strong="H1419" much|strong="H7230", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" worked hard|strong="H1419" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H4428" brought peace|strong="H7965" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064".