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Ezra 4:6-8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Ezra 4:6-8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Opposition to Rebuilding the City
6 At the beginning of the reign of Ahasuerus,[a](A) the people who were already in the land[b](B) wrote an accusation against the residents of Judah and Jerusalem. 7 During the time of King Artaxerxes of Persia,[c](C) Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his colleagues wrote to King Artaxerxes. The letter was written in Aramaic(D) and translated.[d][e]
8 Rehum the chief deputy and Shimshai the scribe(E) wrote a letter to King Artaxerxes concerning Jerusalem as follows:
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