Verse 1

Mordecai’s Fame Increases King Ahasuerus then imposed forced labor on the land and on the coastlands of the sea.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 24:15 : 15 So in the east extol the LORD, along the seacoasts extol the fame of the LORD God of Israel.
• Ps 72:10 : 10 The kings of Tarshish and the coastlands will offer gifts; the kings of Sheba and Seba will bring tribute.
• Isa 11:11 : 11 At that time the Lord will again lift his hand to reclaim the remnant of his people from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the seacoasts.
• Gen 10:5 : 5 From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations.
• Esth 1:1 : 1 ¶ The King Throws a Lavish Party The following events happened in the days of Ahasuerus.(I am referring to that Ahasuerus who used to rule over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces extending all the way from India to Ethiopia.)
• Esth 8:9 : 9 The king’s scribes were quickly summoned– in the third month(that is, the month of Sivan), on the twenty-third day. They wrote out everything that Mordecai instructed to the Jews and to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces all the way from India to Ethiopia– a hundred and twenty-seven provinces in all– to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, and to the Jews according to their own script and their own language.
• Dan 11:18 : 18 Then he will turn his attention to the coastal regions and will capture many of them. But a commander will bring his shameful conduct to a halt; in addition, he will make him pay for his shameful conduct.
• Luke 2:1 : 1 The Census and the Birth of Jesus Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire for taxes.