Chapter Text
10:1 And the king Ahasuerus setteth a tribute on the land and the isles of the sea;
10:2 and all the work of his strength, and his might, and the explanation of the greatness of Mordecai with which the king made him great, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of Media and Persia?
10:3 For Mordecai the Jew <FI>is<Fi> second to king Ahasuerus, and a great man of the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking good for his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "king", "ahasuerus", "setteth", "tribute", "land", "isles", "strength", and "might". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "king" and "ahasuerus", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The local YLT text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "king" and "ahasuerus" carries the first interpretive weight. In Esther context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "king" and "ahasuerus" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.