1 Esdras 4:30

30 and taking the crown from the king's head and setting it upon her own head; she also struck the king with her left hand.

1 Esdras 4:30 In-Context

28 "And now do ye not believe me? Is not the king great in his power? Do not all regions fear to touch him?

29 Yet did I see him and Apame the king's concubine, the daughter of the admirable Bartacus, sitting at the right hand of the king,

30 and taking the crown from the king's head and setting it upon her own head; she also struck the king with her left hand.

31 And yet for all this the king gaped and gazed upon her with open mouth. If she laughed upon him, he laughed also; but if she took any displeasure in him, the king was fain to flatter, that she might be reconciled to him again.

32 O ye men, how can it be but women should be strong, seeing they do thus?"