11 The second wrote, “The king is strongest.” (WEB)
1 Esdras 3:11
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1 Esdras 4:1–2
1 Then the second, who had spoken of the strength of the king, began to say, (WEB) 2 “O sirs, don’t men excel in strength who rule over the sea and land, and all things in them? (WEB)
1 Esdras 4:11–13
11 and these keep watch around him. None of them may depart and do his own business. They don’t disobey him in anything. (WEB) 12 O sirs, how could the king not be the strongest, seeing that he is obeyed like this?” Then he stopped talking. (WEB) 13 Then the third, who had spoken o… (WEB)
1 Esdras 3:16–18
16 He said, “Call the young men, and they shall explain their own sentences. So they were called and came in. (WEB) 17 They said to them, “Explain what you have written.” Then the first, who had spoken of the strength of wine, began (WEB) 18 and said this: “O sirs, how exceedingly… (WEB)
2 Esdras 12:14–16
14 Twelve kings will reign in it, one after another. (WEB) 15 Of those, the second will begin to reign, and will reign a longer time than others of the twelve. (WEB) 16 This is the interpretation of the twelve wings which you saw. (WEB)
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4 Maccabees 13:10–12
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2 Esdras 11:16–18
16 “Listen, you who have ruled over the earth all this time! I proclaim this to you, before you disappear, (WEB) 17 none after you will rule as long as you, not even half as long.” (WEB) 18 Then the third arose, and ruled as the others before, and it also disappeared. (WEB)
2 Esdras 11:27–29
27 A second also did so, and it disappeared faster than the first. (WEB) 28 I saw, and behold, the two that remained also planned between themselves to reign. (WEB) 29 While they thought about it, behold, one of the heads at rest awakened, the one that was in the middle, for that w… (WEB)
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