1 Esdras 4:5

5 They kill and are killed, and do not disobey the king's command; if they win the victory, they bring everything to the king -- whatever spoil they take and everything else.

1 Esdras 4:5 In-Context

3 But the king is stronger; he is their lord and master, and whatever he says to them they obey.

4 If he tells them to make war on one another, they do it; and if he sends them out against the enemy, they go, and conquer mountains, walls, and towers.

5 They kill and are killed, and do not disobey the king's command; if they win the victory, they bring everything to the king -- whatever spoil they take and everything else.

6 Likewise those who do not serve in the army or make war but till the soil, whenever they sow, reap the harvest and bring some to the king; and they compel one another to pay taxes to the king.

7 And yet he is only one man! If he tells them to kill, they kill; if he tells them to release, they release;