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1 Esdras 3:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Esdras 3:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 and because of his wisdom he shall sit next to Darius and shall be called Kinsman of Darius.”(A)
8 Then each bodyguard wrote his own statement, and they sealed them and put them under the pillow of King Darius and said, 9 “When the king wakes, they will give him the writing, and to the one whose statement the king and the three nobles of Persia judge to be wisest the victory shall be given according to what is written.”(B)
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