Ezra 4:17-19

New American Standard Bible 1995

The King Replies and Work Stops

¹⁷ Then the king sent an answer 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](A)translated and read before me. ¹⁹ A decree has been ^[b]issued by me, and a search has been made and it has been discovered that that city has risen up against the kings in past days, that rebellion and revolt have been perpetrated in it,