1 Esdras 3:5-7

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⁵ “Let each of us state what one word is strongest, and to the one whose statement seems wisest, King Darius will give rich gifts and great honors of victory. ⁶ He shall be clothed in purple and drink from gold cups and sleep on a gold bed^[a] and have a chariot with gold bridles and a turban of fine linen and a necklace around his neck,^{(A) 7} and because of his wisdom he shall sit next to Darius and shall be called Kinsman of Darius.”^(B)