Ezra 4:6-8

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁶ Now in the reign of ^[a](A)Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

⁷ And in the days of ^[b]Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his colleagues wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the ^[c]text of the letter was written in Aramaic and translated ^(B)from Aramaic.

The Letter to King Artaxerxes

^8 [d]Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes, as follows—