New International Version
Esther 10:1
1King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the empire, to its distant shores.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)King Xerxes imposed a tribute throughout his empire, even to the distant coastlands.
Context of Esther 10:1
King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the empire, to its distant shores. 2And all his acts of power and might, together with a full account of the greatness of Mordecai, whom the king had promoted, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Media and Persia? 3Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews.
Read all of Esther 10Esther 10:1 word by word
וַיָּשֶׂם֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֧וֹשׁ מַ֛ס עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ וְאִיֵּ֥י הַיָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Esther 10:1
- Esther 1:1This is what happened during the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush:
- Esther 8:9At once the royal secretaries were summoned—on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan. They wrote out all Mordecai’s orders to the Jews, and to the satraps, governors and nobles of the 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush. These orders were written in the script of each province and the language of each people and also to the Jews in their own script and language.
- Luke 2:1In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.
- Genesis 10:5(From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)
- Psalms 72:10May the kings of Tarshish and of distant shores bring tribute to him. May the kings of Sheba and Seba present him gifts.
- Isaiah 24:15Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord; exalt the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.
- Daniel 11:18Then he will turn his attention to the coastlands and will take many of them, but a commander will put an end to his insolence and will turn his insolence back on 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
Topics related to Esther 10:1
In the dictionaries
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
New International Version — © NIV® 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica
Commentaries