10 So all his people and his armies obey him. Furthermore, he lies down, he eats and drinks, and takes his rest; (WEB) 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)
1 Esdras 4:10–12
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1 Esdras 4:2–4
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1 Maccabees 1:7–9
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Ecclesiastes 8:3–5
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Job 37:23–24
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Sirach 42:22–24
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Isaiah 10:7–9
7 But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations. 8 “Are not all my commanders kings?” he says. 9 “Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
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