In the days of (A)Artaxerxes also, [a]Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabel, and the rest of their companions wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the letter was written in (B)Aramaic script, and translated into the Aramaic language.

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  1. Ezra 4:7 Or in peace

26 (A)Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in (B)Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak to us in [a]Hebrew in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”

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  1. 2 Kings 18:26 Lit. Judean

Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, (A)“O[a] king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

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  1. Daniel 2:4 The original language of Daniel 2:4b through 7:28 is Aramaic.

11 Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak to us in [a]Hebrew in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”

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  1. Isaiah 36:11 Lit. Judean

17 The king sent an answer:

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.

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  1. Ezra 4:17 Lit. and now

[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,

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  1. Ezra 4:9 Lit. Then
  2. Ezra 4:9 Or Susa

This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai sent:

The governor of the region beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai, (A)and his companions, the Persians who were in the region beyond the River, to Darius the king.

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