Esther 10:2 meaning and explanation

And all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?

Esther 10:2, Berean Standard Bible

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The verse belongs to the closing summary of Esther, where the narrator notes that Mordecai's achievements and the honor the king gave him were recorded in the official annals of Media and Persia. The rhetorical question points readers to royal court records, a common ancient way of saying the deeds were well documented, though those chronicles are no longer extant.

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