^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,

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.