Esther 10, verse 1. And the king levied tribute upon his kingdom both by land and sea. Esther 10, verse 2. And his power and valor, the riches and the glory of his kingdom, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Persia and Media for a memorial. Esther 10, verse 3. And Mordecai was next to King Artaxerxes, and he was great in the kingdom and honored by the Jews; and being beloved, he set forth in detail the way of life to all his people.
Epilogue
Esther 10, verse 3a. And Mordecai said, “These things were from my God. Esther 10, verse 3b. For I recall the dream which I had concerning these things, and not one detail of them has failed. Esther 10, verse 3c. “There was a small spring that became a river; there was light and the sun and much water. The river is Esther, whom the king married and made queen. Esther 10, verse 3d. The two serpents are Haman and I. Esther 10, verse 3e. The nations are the Gentiles gathering together to destroy the name of the Jews. Esther 10, verse 3f. And my nation, which cried out to God and was delivered, is Israel. For the Lord has saved His people, and the Lord has rescued us from all these evils. And God performed signs and great wonders, which have not happened among the Gentiles. Esther 10, verse 3g. “On account of this, He made two lots, one for the people of God and one for the Gentiles. Esther 10, verse 3h. And these two lots came in the hour, and in the time, and in the day of judgment before God and among all the Gentiles. Esther 10, verse 3i. And God remembered His people and vindicated His inheritance. Esther 10, verse 3j. And they shall observe these days in the month of Adar, the fourteenth and fifteenth day of that month. They shall gather together with joy and gladness before God throughout all generations forever among His people Israel.” Esther 10, verse 3k. In the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who said he was a priest and a Levite, and Ptolemy his son brought in the letter of Purim, which they declared existed, and that Lysimachus, the son of Ptolemy, who was in Jerusalem, had translated it.