1 Esdras 4:7-10

⁷ And yet he is but one man: if he command to kill, they kill; if he command to spare, they spare;

⁸ If he command to smite, they smite; if he command to make desolate, they make desolate; if he command to build, they build;

⁹ If he command to cut down, they cut down; if he command to plant, they plant.

¹⁰ So all his people and his armies obey him: furthermore he lieth down, he eateth and drinketh, and taketh his rest: