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Ezra 7:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Artaxerxes, king of kings,  to Ezra the priest, an expert in the law of the God of the heavens: Greetings.

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Your Majesty, you are king of kings.  The God of the heavens has given you sovereignty, power,  strength, and glory.


For this is what the Lord God says: ‘See, I am about to bring King Nebuchadnezzar  of Babylon, king of kings,  against Tyre from the north with horses, chariots, cavalry, and a huge assembly of troops.


The king sent a reply to his chief officer Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the River Euphrates: Greetings.


And he has a name written on his robe and on his thigh: King of Kings and L ord of L ords.


These will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings.  Those with him are called, chosen, and faithful.’


God will bring this about in his own time.  He is the blessed and only  Sovereign, the King of kings,  and the Lord of lords,


The king said to Daniel, ‘Your God is indeed God of gods, Lord of kings,  and a revealer of mysteries,  since you were able to reveal this mystery.’


For he says, ‘Aren’t all my commanders kings?


Now King Ben-hadad  of Aram assembled his entire army. Thirty-two kings,  along with horses and chariots, were with him. He marched up, besieged Samaria,  and fought against it.


for he had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates from Tiphsah to Gaza and over all the kings west of the Euphrates. He had peace on all his surrounding borders.


After these events, during the reign of King Artaxerxes  of Persia, Ezra – Seraiah’s   son, Azariah’s son, Hilkiah’s   son,


#– #came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses,  which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he requested  because the hand of the Lord his God was on him.


This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in matters of the Lord’s commands and statutes for Israel:


This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord, the God of the heavens, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build him a house at Jerusalem in Judah.





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