Chapter Overview
Summary
The brief concluding chapter about Ahasuerus' greatness and Mordecai's rank. The LXX follows the MT closely. Addition F (Mordecai's dream interpretation and colophon, 11 verses) follows 10:3 in the LXX.
Notable Variants
The LXX preserves the three MT verses essentially unchanged. After 10:3, Addition F provides Mordecai's interpretation of the dream from Addition A, a doxology, and a scribal colophon dating the book's translation. See addition-F.json.
Structural Notes
MT has 3 verses. Addition F (11 verses) follows as an epilogue in the LXX.
King Ahasuerus imposed a tax on the land and on the coastlands of the sea.
No significant variant between the LXX and the MT for this verse.
The full account of his power and strength, and the detailed record of Mordecai's greatness to which the king elevated him — are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Media and Persia?
No significant variant between the LXX and the MT for this verse.
For Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Ahasuerus, great among the Jews, and favored by the majority of his kinsmen — seeking the good of his people and advocating for the well-being of all his descendants.
Masoretic (WLC)
מָרְדֳּכַי הַיְּהוּדִי מִשְׁנֶה לַמֶּלֶךְ
Mordecai the Jew was second to King Ahasuerus
Septuagint (LXX)
Μαρδοχαῖος... δεύτερος τοῦ βασιλέως
Mordecai, second to the king
Both versions conclude with Mordecai's exalted position. The LXX adds that he was 'great among the Jews' and 'seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his seed.' After this verse, the LXX continues with Addition F — Mordecai's dream interpretation and the book's colophon.