Ezra 7:12
Artaxerxes, king of kings. To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings.
Note Aramaic Perfect now (probably a greeting)
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.
Note unto…: or, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, peace, etc
Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven. Now
Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect and so forth.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- 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.
- 1 Kings 4:24; 1 Kings 20:1; Isaiah 10:8; Ezekiel 26:7; Daniel 2:37, 47; 1 Timothy 6:15; Revelation 17:14; Revelation 19:16
- Ezra 7:12
- 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, 11, 17