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They slay and are slain, and transgress not the king's commandment. If they get the victory, they bring all to the king, as well the spoil as all things else.
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Likewise for those who are not soldiers, and have not to do with wars but use husbandry, when they have reaped back that which they had sown, they bring it to the king and compel one another to pay tribute unto the king.
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And yet he is but one man! If he command to kill, they kill; if he command to spare, they spare;
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if he command to smite, they smite; if he command to make desolate, they make desolate; if he command to build, they build;
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if he command to cut down, they cut down; if he command to plant, they plant.
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So all his people and his armies obey him. Furthermore, he lieth down, he eateth and drinketh, and taketh his rest;
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and these keep watch round about him, neither may any one depart and do his own business, neither disobey they him in any thing.
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O ye men, how should not the king be mightiest when in such manner he is obeyed?" And he held his tongue.
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Then the third, who had spoken of women and of the truth (this was Zerubbabel), began to speak:
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"O ye men, it is not the great king nor the multitude of men, neither is it wine that excelleth. Who is it then who ruleth them or hath the lordship over them? Are they not women?
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Women have borne the king and all the people who bear rule by sea and land.