Mordecai

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Mordecai was a Benjaminite who lived in Susa, he had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.^[1] He had a cousin named Esther, whom he raised as his daughter.^[1] Esther was made Queen of Persia. Esther 10:3 records that Mordecai the Jew was advanced to high honor next in rank to King Ahasuerus of Persia.

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Esther 2