Ezra 4:6-8

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More Problems for the Builders

⁶ When Xerxes became king, those enemies wrote a letter against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.

⁷ Later Artaxerxes became king of Persia. Then Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and those with them wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. The letter was written in the Aramaic language.

⁸ Also Rehum the governor and Shimshai the governor’s assistant wrote a letter. It was to Artaxerxes the king. And it was against Jerusalem. It said: