Chapter 10

The short closing chapter says that King Ahasuerus levies tribute, and that Mordecai the Jew ranked next to the king, great among the Jews and seeking the good of his people.

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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

This is but a part of a chapter; the rest of it, beginning at Est. 10:4; with six chapters more, being found only in the Greek, is rejected as apocryphal. In these three verses we have only some short hints, I. Concerning Ahasuerus in the throne, what a mighty prince he was, Est. 10:1, 2. II. Concerning Mordecai his favourite, what a distinguished blessing he was to his people, Est. 10:2, 3.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Es 10:1-3. Ahasuerus’ Greatness. Mordecai’s Advancement. 1. Ahasuerus laid a tribute--This passage being an appendix to the history, and improperly separated from the preceding chapter, it might be that the occasion of levying this new impost arose out of the commotions raised by Haman’s conspiracy. Neither the nature nor the amount of the tax has been recorded; only it was not a local tribute, bu…