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A Decree Makes the Men Stop Rebuilding

17 Then the king sent an edict to Rehum the commander, to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their colleagues who live in Samaria and in the rest of the provinces beyond the River: “Peace. And now— 18 the document which you sent to us has been (A)plainly read before me.

19 So a decree has been [a]issued by me, and a search has been made and it has been found that that city has lifted itself up against the kings in past days, that rebellion and revolt have been perpetrated in it,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:19 Lit put forth