Ezra 7:12

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Artaxerxes.

The title of the king would, in Persian, run thus: {Ardsheer shahinshah,} or {padshah,} "Ardsheer, king of kings," i.e., great or supreme king or emperor.

1Kgs 4:24; 1Kgs 20:1; Isa 10:8; Ezek 26:7; Dan 2:37; Dan 2:47; 1Tim 6:15; Rev 17:14 Re 19:16

unto Ezra, etc. or, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe ofthe law of the God of heaven, peace, etc. and at such a time.

Ezra 4:10; Ezra 4:11; Ezra 4:17