Esther 10:1

Esther 10:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
• New International Version (NIV)King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the empire, to its distant shores.
• English Standard Version (ESV)King Ahasuerus imposed tax on the land and on the coastlands of the sea.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea.

Context of Esther 10:1

King Xerxes caused everyone who lived in his kingdom to pay taxes. It included those who lived far away, on the coast of the sea. 2Everything that King Xerxes did was written down in ‘The history book of the kings of Media and Persia’. The book tells about all the great things that King Xerxes did with his power and authority. It also tells how the king gave more authority to Mordecai, who became very great. 3The Jewish man, Mordecai, was the most important Jew in the whole kingdom. Only King Xerxes himself had more authority than Mordecai. The other Jews respected Mordecai because he worked hard to help them. He made sure that all his people could live safely.

Esther 10:1 word by word

וַיָּשֶׂם֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֧וֹשׁ מַ֛ס עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ וְאִיֵּ֥י הַיָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ'ăchashvêrôsh 'achashrôsh · AhasuerusH325
• laidשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• a tributeמַסmas mis · taskworkerH4522
• upon the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• the islesאִי'îy · coastlandH339
• of the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220

Cross-references for Esther 10:1

• Esther 1:1These things happened when King Xerxes ruled. He was the king who ruled over 127 regions, from India to Ethiopia.
• Esther 8:9They called the king's secretaries to come and write the new law. They did that on the 23rd day of the third month (Sivan). Mordecai told them what to write. They sent the letters to the Jews, the rulers and the officers in all the regions of the kingdom. There were 127 regions, from India as far as Ethiopia. They wrote the letters in the languages that people spoke in each region. They also wrote to the Jews in their own language. Everyone would know what the new law said.
• Luke 2:1At that time, Caesar Augustus made a law. He told his men to count everyone who lived in the countries that he ruled.
• Genesis 10:5These people lived by the sea. They lived in groups. Each group went to live in a different place. Each group spoke its own language.
• Psalms 72:10Kings from Spain and from other far places will pay taxes to him. Kings from Sheba and from Seba will bring gifts to him.
• Isaiah 24:15So people who live in the east should praise the Lord too. People who live on the coast of the sea will also praise the name of the Lord, Israel's God.
• Daniel 11:18After this, he will decide to attack the countries near the sea. He will take many of their cities for himself. But an officer of a foreign army will stop him. He will cause the king of the north to stop boasting. He will no longer be proud but he will be ashamed.

Commentaries on Esther 10:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Laid a tribute upon the land - On the one hundred and twenty-seven provinces of which we have already heard. The isles of the sea - Probably the isles of the Aegean sea, which were conquered by Darius Hystaspes. Calmet supposes that this Hystaspes is the Ahasuerus of Esther.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1A tribute - Perhaps an allusion to some fresh arrangement of the tribute likely to have followed on the return of Xerxes from Greece. Upon the isles of the sea - Cyprus, Aradus, the island of Tyre, Platea, etc., remained in the hands of the Persians after the victories of the Greeks, and may be the “isles” here intended.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Greatness of Ahasuerus--Mordecai's advancement. --Many instances of the grandeur of Ahasuerus might have been given: these were written in the Persian chronicles, which are long since lost, while the sacred writings will live till time shall be no more. The concerns of the despised worshippers of the Lord are deemed more important by the Holy Spirit, than the exploits of the most illustrious monarch on earth. Mordecai was truly great, and his greatness…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2King Xerxes imposed heavy taxes on the provinces. These taxes funded the Persian government's high spending.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-31. Ahasuerus laid a tribute--This passage being an appendix to the history, and improperly separated from the preceding chapter, it might be that the occasion of levying this new impost arose out of the commotions raised by Haman's conspiracy. Neither the nature nor the amount of the tax has been recorded; only it was not a local tribute, but one exacted from all parts of his vast empire.Read the comment

Topics related to Esther 10:1

• Mordecai

In the dictionaries

• Ahasuerus
• Ahasuerus; Asseurus
• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Esther, Book of
• Gabatha
• Island; Isle
• Isles of the Gentiles
• Tax; Taxing
• Tribute

Commentaries on Esther 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings