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12Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.

Ezra 7:12

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 11-26)

We have here the commission which the Persian emperor granted to Ezra, giving him authority to act for the good of the Jews; and it is very ample and full, and beyond what could have been expected. The commission runs, we suppose, in the usual form: Artaxerxes, King of kings . This however is too high a title for any mortal man to assume; he was indeed king of some kings, but to speak as if he wer...

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