Isaiah Chapter 10 verse 8 Holy Bible
For he saith, Are not my princes all of them kings?
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For he says, Are not all my captains kings?
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For he saith, Are not my princes all kings?
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For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
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For he says, Aren't my princes all of them kings?
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For he saith, `Are not my princes altogether kings?
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - Are not my princes altogether kings? One mark of the superiority of Assyria to other countries was to be seen in the fact that her king had not mere officers, but vassal kings under him. Hence the title "king of kings" assumed by so many Assyrian monarchs. While conquered territories were by degrees and to a certain extent absorbed into the empire and placed under prefects (see the 'Eponym Canon'), an outer zone of more loosely organized dependencies was always maintained by the Assyrians; and these dependencies continued ordinarily to be administered by their native monarchs (see 'Ancient Monarchies,' vol. 2. pp. 524-526). These are the "princes" who were "altogether kings."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) Are not my princes altogether kings?--So Tiglath-pileser names the twenty-three kings (Ahaz and Pekah among them) who came to do homage and pay tribute at Damascus (Records of the Past, v. 5-26).