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. [b]Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes in this fashion:

[c]From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions—representatives of (C)the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the people of Persia and Erech and Babylon and [d]Shushan, the Dehavites, the Elamites,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:7 Or in peace
  2. Ezra 4:8 The original language of Ezra 4:8 through 6:18 is Aramaic.
  3. Ezra 4:9 Lit. Then
  4. Ezra 4:9 Or Susa

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