Ezra 7:10-12
1599 Geneva Bible
10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach the precepts and judgments in Israel.
11 ¶ And this is the copy of the letter that king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the Priest and Scribe, even a writer of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes over Israel.
12 ARTAXERXES king of kings, to Ezra the Priest and perfect Scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, and to [a]Cheeneth.
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- Ezra 7:12 Some take this for the name of a people, some for time or continuance, meaning that the king wished him long life.
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