Esther 10:1 KJV — MannaFest

Esther 10:1

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

KJV

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DBT

And king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land and the isles of the sea.

ASV

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

WEB

Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.

YLT

And the king Ahasuerus setteth a tribute on the land and the isles of the sea;

About this book

Old Testament

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Esther — A Jewish orphan becomes queen of Persia; Haman plots genocide; Mordecai and Esther intervene; deliverance comes by providence — and God's name never once appears in the book.

Author: Anonymous; some rabbinic tradition attributes to Mordecai
Date: Events c. 483–473 BC, during Xerxes I's reign (Heb. Ahasuerus); compilation 4th–5th century BC

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8 verses on the floor

Isaiah 24:15
Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
Psalms 72:10
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Isaiah 11:11
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Esther 1:1
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
Luke 2:1
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

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): The king laid a tribute. Happy is our island, that pays no tribute but what is laid upon it by its representatives, and those of its own choosing, and is not squeezed or oppressed by an arbitrary power, as some of the neighbouring nations are.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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