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Esdras I 3

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2and to all the governors and captains and lieutenants that were under him, from India unto Ethiopia, in the hundred twenty and seven provinces.
4Then three young men, that were of the guard that kept the king’s body, spoke one to another;
5Let every one of us speak a sentence: he that shall overcome, and whose sentence shall seem wiser than the others, unto him shall the King Darius give great gifts, and great things in token of victory:
7and he shall sit next to Darius because of his wisdom, and shall be called Darius’s cousin.
8And then every one wrote his sentence, sealed it, and laid it under the pillow of King Darius;
9and said that, when the king is risen, some will give him the writing; and of whose side the king and the three princes of Persia shall judge that his sentence is the wisest, to him shall the victory be given, as was appointed.
10The first wrote, Wine is the strongest.
11The second wrote, The king is strongest.
15and sat him down in the royal seat of judgment; and the writing was read before them.

23but when they are from the wine, they remember not what they have done.