Artaxerxes called himself king of kings. This was a title that Persian monarchs used to indicate their supremacy over all kings. But in the book of Ezra, where you find this phrase used by Artaxerxes (7:12), that "God is the true King of kings is implicit and also explicit elsewhere in Scripture." (Reformation Study Bible) In fact, at the end of this chapter, Ezra gives praise to the sovereignty of God over Artaxerxes: "Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the LORD that is in Jerusalem."
Man may be placed in high positions by birth, by integrity or by cunning. But it is God that is in complete control of it all. "Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm! God reigns over the nations; God sits on His holy throne." Psalm 47:6-8
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