5 There was a certain Jewish man in Shuʹshan*+ the citadel* whose name was Morʹde·cai+ son of Jaʹir son of Shimʹe·i son of Kish, a Benʹja·min·ite,+ 6 who had been taken into exile from Jerusalem with the people who were deported with King Jec·o·niʹah*+ of Judah, whom King Neb·u·chad·nezʹzar of Babylon took into exile.