1 Esdras 4:8-10

Revised Standard Version

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. ¹⁰ All his people and his armies obey him. Moreover, he reclines, he eats and drinks and sleeps,