Runningman,
I didn't see Lari's post. But it's fine still.
Y'know, since you say we can't be sure who it was that was taken into exile, we might not then conclude it was Mordecai, not so? Using the Esther story would then have the possibility of error. What do you think? If the numbers could show a grave discrepancy for Kish, then we might have a good argument. What do you think?