1 Esdras 4:27-29

Common English Bible

²⁷ Many have perished, stumbled, or sinned because of women.

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.