Esther Ten
by Dr. Henry M. Morris
(taken from the Defender's Study Bible)
Esther 10:1 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
book of the chronicles. Although this book and its records have not been found (perhaps destroyed by later emperors or conquerors), the essential historicity of the events is confirmed by the long-continued observance of the feast-days of Puriman observance which could never have been initiated and sustained otherwise.