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Ezra 7:12

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10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.

11 This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:

Artaxerxes, king of kings. To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings.

13 I hereby decree that any volunteers among the Israelites in my kingdom, including the priests and Levites, may go up with you to Jerusalem.

14 You are sent by the king and his seven counselors to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.

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BSB
Artaxerxes, king of kings. To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings.
KJV
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.
WEB
Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven. Now
ASV
Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect and so forth.
DARBY
Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, an accomplished scribe of the law of the God of the heavens, and so forth.
BLB
Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the Law of the God of the heavens: Peace and now.
ÅB
Artaxerxes, kongenes konge, til presten Esras, han som er full-lært i himmelens Guds lov, og så videre.
OTB
"Artaxerxes, kongenes konge, til Esra, presten, skriveren av himmelens Guds lov: Fullkommen fred. Og nå
B1930
Artaxerxes, kongenes konge, til presten Esras, han som er full-lært i himmelens Guds lov, og så videre.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 26:7

    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops.

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  • Daniel 2:37

    You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.

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  • Ezra 4:17

    Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings.

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  • Daniel 2:47

    The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”

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  • Isaiah 10:8

    “Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.

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  • 1 Kings 4:24

    For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates —over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.

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  • 1 Kings 20:1

    Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.

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  • Ezra 4:10–11

    and the rest of the peoples whom the great and honorable Ashurbanipal deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and elsewhere west of the Euphrates.

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