1Esdr 4:8
If he command to smite, they smite; if he command to make
desolate, they make desolate; if he command to build, they
build;

1Esdr 4:9
If he command to cut down, they cut down; if he command to
plant, they plant.

1Esdr 4:10
So all his people and his armies obey him: furthermore he
lieth down, he eateth and drinketh, and taketh his rest:

1Esdr 4:11
And these keep watch round about him, neither may any one
depart, and do his own business, neither disobey they him in any
thing.

1Esdr 4:12
O ye men, how should not the king be mightiest, when in such
sort he is obeyed? And he held his tongue.

1Esdr 4:13
Then the third, who had spoken of women, and of the truth,
(this was Zorobabel) began to speak.

1Esdr 4:14
O ye men, it is not the great king, nor the multitude of men,
neither is it wine, that excelleth; who is it then that ruleth
them, or hath the lordship over them? are they not women?