# 1 Esdras 4:5

**Apocrypha.** Not part of the 66-book Protestant canon. Catholic and Orthodox churches accept these books as deuterocanonical.

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- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
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- Book: [1 Esdras](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/1-esdras)
- Chapter: [1 Esdras 4](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/1-esdras/4)
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They slay and are slain, and transgress not the king’s commandment: if they get the victory, they bring all to the king, as well the spoil, as all things else.