Rehum the commanding officer and Shimshai the secretary wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows:

Rehum the commanding officer and Shimshai the secretary, together with the rest of their associates(A)—the judges, officials and administrators over the people from Persia, Uruk(B) and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,(C)

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Rehum the 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 the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,

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[a]Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes in this fashion:

[b]From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions—representatives of (A)the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the people of Persia and Erech and Babylon and [c]Shushan, the Dehavites, the Elamites,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:8 The original language of Ezra 4:8 through 6:18 is Aramaic.
  2. Ezra 4:9 Lit. Then
  3. Ezra 4:9 Or Susa