^40 (A)You shall be ^[a]in charge of my house, and all my people shall ^[b]be obedient to you; only regarding the throne will I be greater than you.”

³ For Mordecai the Jew was ^(A)second only to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and in favor with his many kinsmen, ^(B)one who sought the good of his people and one who spoke for the welfare of his entire ^[a]nation.