Esther 10:1 KJV
And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
Words Then and Now
- tribute a tax Still heard today: a tributary, a stream that pays its water into a river Webster’s 1828 · Tribute
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Scofield Notes
- islesi.e. coasts.
Matthew Henry
- Greatness of Ahasuerus-Mordecai's advancementMany instances of the grandeur of Ahasuerus might have been given: these were written in the Persian chronicles, which are long since lost, while the sacred...
Thompson Chains
- TributeLink 2 of 4 · next Matthew 17:24
Cross References
- Isaiah 24:15 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
- Psalms 72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
- Genesis 10:5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
- Esther 1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
- Esther 8:9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
- Isaiah 11:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Daniel 11:18 After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.
- Luke 2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
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Bible Dictionary
- AhasuerusThere are three kings designated by this name in Scripture. (1.) The father of Darius the Mede, mentioned in Dan 9:1. This was probably...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And the king הַמֶּלֶךְ hammelek מֶלֶךְ Noun · masculine singular · with the
- Ahasuerus אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ ʾăḥašwērôš אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ Proper name
- laid וַיָּשֶׂם wayyāśem שׂוּם Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- a tribute מַס mas מַס Noun · masculine singular
- upon the land עַל ʿal Preposition הָאָרֶץ hāʾāreṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
- and upon the isles וְאִיֵּי wĕʾiyyê אִי Noun · masculine plural construct · with and
- of the sea הַיָּם hayyām יָם Noun · masculine singular · with the
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