Esther 10:1

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¹ And the king Ahasuerus setteth a tribute on the land and the isles of the sea; ² and all the work of his strength, and his might, and the explanation of the greatness of Mordecai with which the king made him great, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of Media and Persia?

Forced Labor

Ahasuerus

Isaiah 24:15

Therefore in prosperity honour ye Jehovah, In isles of the sea, the name of Jehovah, God of Israel.

Psalm 72:10

Kings of Tarshish and of the isles send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba a reward bring near.

Genesis 10:5

By these have the isles of the nations been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations.

Esther 1:1

And it cometh to pass, in the days of Ahasuerus -- he is Ahasuerus who is reigning from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces --

Esther 8:9

And the scribes of the king are called, at that time, in the third month -- it is the month of Sivan -- in the three and twentieth of it, and it is written, according to all that Mordecai hath commanded, unto the Jews, and unto the lieutenants, and the governors, and the heads of the provinces, that are from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces -- province and province according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, and unto the Jews according to their writing, and according to their tongue.

Isaiah 11:11

And it hath come to pass, in that day, The Lord addeth a second time his power, To get the remnant of His people that is left, From Asshur, and from Egypt, And from Pathros, and from Cush, And from Elam, and from Shinar, And from Hamath, and from isles of the sea,

Daniel 11:18

And he turneth back his face to the isles, and hath captured many; and a prince hath caused his reproach of himself to cease; without his reproach he turneth it back to him.

Luke 2:1

And it came to pass in those days, there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world be enrolled --