And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea. Laid a tribute upon the land - On the one hundred and twenty-seven provinces of which we have already heard.
The isles of the sea - Probably the isles of the Aegean sea, which were conquered by Darius Hystaspes. Calmet supposes that this Hystaspes is the Ahasuerus of Esther.