Esther 10

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¹Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores. ✦ ²And 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? ✦ ³For 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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Where this chapter connects

Dan 5 ·2 Esth 8 ·2 Gen 41 ·2 Dan 2 ·1 Ps 18 ·1 Ps 72 ·1 Gen 10 ·1 1 Kgs 14 ·1

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Though God is never named, his hidden hand preserves the people from whom the Messiah will come — a deliverance 'for such a time as this' that anticipates the open deliverance of Christ.

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CommentaryEnduring Word — Esther 10David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical
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