⁴ Mordecai^(A) was prominent^(B) in the palace; his reputation spread throughout the provinces, and he became more and more powerful.^(C)

² And all his acts of power and might, together with a full account of the greatness of Mordecai,^(A) whom the king had promoted,^(B) are they not written in the book of the annals^(C) of the kings of Media and Persia?