And in the days of [a]Artachshashta, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions wrote when it was peace, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia, and the writing of the letter was the Aramites writing, and the thing declared was in the language of the Aramites.

Rehum the [b]chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king, in this sort.

Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions [c]Dinai, and Apharsathcai, Tarpelai, Persia, Archevai, Bablai, Shushanchai, Dehave, Elamai,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:7 Called Artaxerxes, which signifieth in the Persian tongue, an excellent warrior.
  2. Ezra 4:8 Or, counselor.
  3. Ezra 4:9 These were certain people which the Assyrians placed in Samaria instead of the ten tribes.

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