Ezra 7:12
Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, an accomplished scribe of the law of the God of the heavens, and so forth.
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1 Kings 20:1And Ben-Hadad king of Syria assembled all his host; and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
Ezra 4:10and the rest of the peoples whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over and settled in the cities of Samaria, and the rest [of the country] on this side the river, and so forth.
Isaiah 10:8For he saith, Are not my princes all kings?
Daniel 2:37Thou, O king, art a king of kings, unto whom the God of the heavens hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;
1 Timothy 6:15which in its own time the blessed and only Ruler shall shew, the King of those that reign, and Lord of those that exercise lordship;
Revelation 19:16And he has upon his garment, and upon his thigh, a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords.
Matthew Henry on Ezra 7:12-27
The Decree of Artaxerxes. ( b. c. 457.) 11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord , and of his statutes to Israel. 12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. 13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to… Read the whole commentary →