 | Bible - 1908 - 392 pages
...the Babylonian empire in (6 Dn. 3' and i Esd. 3'. In Xerxes' own inscriptions he speaks of himself as "the great King, the King of Kings, the King of the lands occupied by many races, the King of this great world" (Spiegel, Altpers. Keilinschr., p. 59). — [J51... | |
 | Samuel Rolles Driver - Bible - 1900 - 354 pages
...and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head The Persian kings call themselves similarly, 'the great king, the king of kings, the king of the lands, the king of this great earth ' (Jff.1 ix. 73 ff.). Peace be multiplied unto you] so vi. 25 : cf. i Pet. i. 2 ; 2 Pet.... | |
 | Edward Granville Browne - Persian literature - 1902 - 544 pages
.... Vishtdspahya . putra . Hakhdmanishiya . hya . imam . lacharam . akunaush. That is to say : — " Darius, the great king, the king of kings, the king of the pro« vinces, the son of Vishtaspa, the Achasmenian, who made this temple." Grotefend's transcription... | |
 | Arthur John Booth - Achaemenian inscriptions - 1902 - 540 pages
...Darius [or Xerxes] King, the only King among many, the only ruler of many. 2. 'I am Darius [or Xerxesj the great King, the King of Kings, the King of the lands of many races, King of this great earth far and near; son of Hystaspes [or Darius] the Achaemenian.'... | |
 | Theology - 1904 - 802 pages
...Persepolis, a. 3. Same as 2, except that the lands are called "many." Inscription of Persepolis, e. 4. "Darius, the great king, the king of kings, the king of the lands of many nations, king of this great earth far and wide, the son of Hystaspes, the Achaemenid, a Persian,... | |
 | William Rainey Harper - Bible - 1905 - 308 pages
...Cyrus, king of Persia;" (2) that the common titles of Cyrus and all the Persian kings were "the King," the "Great King," the "King of Kings," the " King of the Lands;" they are never called kings of Persia in contemporaneous literature; does not this fact point to a... | |
 | Bible - 1908 - 394 pages
...the Babylonian empire in (6 Dn. 3' and i Esd. 32. In Xerxes' own inscriptions he speaks of himself as "the great King, the King of Kings, the King of the lands occupied by many races, the King of this great world" (Spiegel, Altpers. Keilinschr., p. 59). — [®'... | |
 | Asia - 1909 - 910 pages
...for men, — who made Darius King — the alone king of many, — the alone commander of many.|| I am Darius, the great King, the King of kings,^]" the King of the lands of all tribes, and the King of this great earth for afar,** the son of Vits"aspa, the Achsemenid, —... | |
 | Lawrence Heyworth Mills - Avesta - 1913 - 218 pages
...for men, — who made Darius King — the alone King of many, — the alone Commander of many.f I am Darius, the great King, the King of kings,} the King of the lands of all tribes, and the King of this great earth for afar,§ the son of VitStaspa, the Achaemenid, —... | |
 | Lawrence Heyworth Mills - Avesta - 1913 - 218 pages
...for men, — who made Darius King — the alone King of many, — the alone Commander of many.f I am Darius, the great King, the King of kings^ the King of the lands of all tribes, and the King of this great earth for afar,§ the son of VitStaspa, the Achaemenid, —... | |
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Xerxes' own inscriptions he speaks of himself as "the great King, the King of Kings, the King of the lands occupied by many races, the King of this great world 
