31 that drink offerings may be made to the Most High God for the king and for his children, and that they may pray for their lives.” (WEB) 32 He commanded that whoever should transgress, yes, or neglect anything written here, a beam shall be taken out of his own house, and he shall be hanged on it, and all his goods seized for the king. (WEB) 33 “Therefore may the Lord, whose name is called upon there, utterly destroy every king and nation that stretches out his hand to hinder or damage that house of the Lord in Jerusalem. (WEB)
1 Esdras 6:31–33
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