To Rehum the commander, to Shimshai the scribe, to the rest of their companions who dwell in Samaria, and to the remainder beyond the River:

Peace, ^[a]and so forth.

²⁶ Claudius Lysias,

To the most excellent governor Felix:

Greetings.

^12 [a]Artaxerxes, ^(A)king of kings,

To Ezra the priest, a scribe of the Law of the God of heaven:

Perfect peace, ^(B)and^[b] so forth.

To Darius the king:

All peace.

^9 [a]From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions—representatives of ^(A)the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the people of Persia and Erech and Babylon and ^[b]Shushan, the Dehavites, the Elamites, ^10 (B)and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnapper took captive and settled in the cities of Samaria and the remainder beyond ^[c]the River—^(C)and^[d] so forth.

To King Artaxerxes from your servants, the men of the region beyond the River, ^[e]and so forth: