3 All the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the royal civil administrators(a)(A) aided the Jews because they were afraid of Mordecai.(B) 4 For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace,(C) and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.(D)

Footnotes:

a. Esther 9:3: Lit and those who do the king’s work; Est 3:9

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