1 Esdras 4:8-10

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⁸ if he tells them to attack, they attack; if he tells them to lay waste, they lay waste; if he tells them to build, they build; ⁹ if he tells them to cut down, they cut down; if he tells them to plant, they plant.^{(A) 10} All his people and his armies obey him. Furthermore, he reclines, he eats and drinks and sleeps,