Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Artaxerxes , king of kings - This letter, from the beginning of this verse to the end of Ezra 7:26, is in the Aramitic or Chaldee language.
This title of the king would, in Persian, run thus: Ardsheer shahinshah , or padshah , "Ardsheer, king of kings;" "great or supreme king, or emperor."
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Ezra 7:12:
Daniel 9:25
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