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

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  1. Ezra 4:7 Heb Artah-shashta
  2. Ezra 4:7 Lit writing

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]

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  1. Ezra 4:7 Or written in Aramaic and translated
  2. Ezra 4:7 The text of 4:8–6:18 is in Aramaic.

11 Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to Rabshakeh, “Speak now to your servants in (A)Aramaic, for we [a]understand it; and do not speak with us in [b](B)Judean in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”

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  1. Isaiah 36:11 Lit hear
  2. Isaiah 36:11 Hebrew

11 Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah(A) said to the field commander, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic,(B) since we understand it. Don’t speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”

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