Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land and the isles of the sea.
And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.
And the king Ahasuerus setteth a tribute on the land and the isles of the sea;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEsther — A Jewish orphan becomes queen of Persia; Haman plots genocide; Mordecai and Esther intervene; deliverance comes by providence — and God's name never once appears in the book.
- Author
- Anonymous; some rabbinic tradition attributes to Mordecai
- Date
- Events c. 483–473 BC, during Xerxes I's reign (Heb. Ahasuerus); compilation 4th–5th century BC