Ezra 7:12
Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven. Now
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1 Kings 20:1Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together; and there were thirty-two kings with him, with horses and chariots. He went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
Ezra 4:10and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over and settled in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River, and so forth, wrote.
Isaiah 10:8For he says, “Aren’t all of my princes kings?
Daniel 2:37You, O king, are king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength, and the glory.
1 Timothy 6:15which at the right time he will show, who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords.
Revelation 19:16He has on his garment and on 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 →