1 Esdras 4:28-30

Common English Bible

²⁸ “Now don’t you believe me? Isn’t the king great in his authority? Don’t all countries fear to touch him? ²⁹ I once saw the king and Apame his mistress, the daughter of the eminent Bartacus, sitting by his right side. ³⁰ She took the crown from the king’s head and put it on her own head, and slapped the king with her left hand.