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7 And in the days of Artaxerxes king (I will make the spoiled to boil) of Persia (pure / splendid), Bishlam (in peace), Mithredath (given by Mithra), Tabeel (God is good), and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. It was written in Aramaic (language) and then translated. 8 Rehum (compassion) the commander and Shimshai (sunny) the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem (city of peace) to King Artaxerxes (I will make the spoiled to boil) as follows: 9 From Rehum (compassion) the commander, Shimshai (sunny) the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges (judgment) and officials over Tripolis (they of the fallen mountain), Persia, Erech (lengthy) and Babylon (confusion by mixing), the Elamites of Susa, 10 and the rest of the peoples whom the great and honorable Ashurbanipal (Osnappar) deported and settled in the cities of Samaria (watch mountain) and elsewhere west of the Euphrates (beyond the River). Ezra 4:7-10, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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