⁷ And in the days of Artaxerxes^(A) king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. The letter was written in Aramaic script and in the Aramaic^(B) language.^[a][b]

⁴ Then the astrologers answered the king,^[a](A) “May the king live forever!^(B) Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it.”