⁴⁰ You will be over my house, and all my people will obey your commands.^[a](A) Only I, as king,^[b] will be greater than you.”

³ Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus.^(A) He was famous among the Jews and highly esteemed by many of his relatives.^(B) He continued to pursue prosperity for his people and to speak for the well-being of all his descendants.^(C)