CHAPTER X

Ahasuerus lays a tribute on his dominions, 1.

Mordecai's advancement under him, 2.

His character, 3.

NOTES ON CHAP. X

Verse Esther 10:1. Laid 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.

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