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, ^20 (B)that mighty kings have ^[c]ruled over Jerusalem, governing all the provinces ^(C)beyond the River, and that ^(D)tribute, custom and toll were paid to them.