1:1 In the second year of the reign of Ahasuerus the great, on the first day of the month of Nisan, Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, had a dream. 1:2 He was a Jew, and dwelt in the city of Susa, a great man, who was a servant in the king's court. 1:3 He was also one of the captives, which Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon carried from Jerusalem with Jeconiah king of Judea; and this was his dream:
1:4 Behold a noise of a tumult, with…