God’s Word Translation
Esther 10:1
1King Xerxes levied a tax on the country and the islands of the sea.
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 levied a tax on the country and the islands of the sea. 2All his acts of power and might along with the whole account of the greatness of Mordecai, whom the king had promoted, are recorded in the history of the kings of the Medes and Persians. 3Mordecai the Jew was ranked second only to King Xerxes. He was greatly respected by, and popular with, all of the other Jews, since he provided for the good of his people and spoke for the welfare of his fellow Jews.
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וַיָּשֶׂם֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֧וֹשׁ מַ֛ס עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ וְאִיֵּ֥י הַיָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Esther 10:1
- Esther 1:1In the days of Xerxes the following events took place. This was the same Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces from India to Sudan.
- Esther 8:9At that time on the twenty-third day of Sivan, the third month, the king’s scribes were summoned. What Mordecai had ordered was written to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and officers of the 127 provinces from India to Sudan. It was written to each province in its own script, to each people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and their own language.
- Luke 2:1At that time the Emperor Augustus ordered a census of the Roman Empire.
- Genesis 10:5From these descendants the people of the coastlands spread into their own countries. Each nation had its own language and families.
- Psalms 72:10May the kings from Tarshish and the islands bring presents. May the kings from Sheba and Seba bring gifts.
- Isaiah 24:15Honor the Lord in the east. Honor the name of the Lord God of Israel along the coastlands.
- Daniel 11:18Then he will turn his attention to the coastlands and capture many of them. But a commander will silence the insults that the northern king makes and even insult him.
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
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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
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