Holy Scripture
1 Esdras 4:10
Source: Septuagint
Original
10So all his people and his armies obey him: furthermore he lieth down, he eateth and drinketh, and taketh his rest:
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8if he command to smite, they smite; if he command to make desolate, they make desolate; if he command to build, they build;
9if he command to cut down, they cut down; if he command to plant, they plant.
— 1 Esdras 4:10 —
11and these keep watch round about him, neither may anyone depart, and do his own business, neither disobey they him in anything.
12O ye men, how should not the king be mightiest, when in such sort he is obeyed? And he held his tongue.