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.”

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  1. 41:40 Lit will kiss your mouth
  2. 41:40 Lit Only the throne I

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)

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