1 Esdras 4:40-42

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⁴⁰ and there is nothing unrighteous in its judgment. To it belongs the strength and the kingship and the power and the majesty of all the ages. Blessed be the God of truth!”^{(A) 41} When he stopped speaking, all the people shouted and said, “Great is truth and strongest of all!”

Zerubbabel’s Reward

⁴² Then the king said to Zerubbabel,^[a] “Ask what you wish, even beyond what is written, and we will give it to you, for you have been found to be the wisest. You shall sit next to me and be called my Kinsman.”^(B)