10:2a

all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments: Literally “all the work of his power and his authority.” The versions understand the pronoun “his” in two ways:

(1) It refers to King Xerxes. This interpretation is followed by the majority of English versions:

(2) It refers to Mordecai. Berean Standard Bible follows this interpretation.

It is recommended that you follow the first interpretation (1), like the majority of English versions.

powerful and magnificent: The two words powerful and magnificent are synonyms. They refer to the great things the king did.

10:2c

This is a rhetorical question. The Display shows one way of expressing it as a statement.

Book of the Chronicles: See note on 2:23c.

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