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“From Rehum, the governor, from Shimshai, secretary of the province, from their associates, the judges, and from all the other officials, who are originally from Erech, Babylon, and Susa in the land of Elam, 10 together with the other peoples whom the great and powerful Ashurbanipal moved from their homes and settled in the city of Samaria and elsewhere in West-of-Euphrates Province.”[a]

11 This is the text of the letter:

    “To Emperor Artaxerxes from his servants who live in West-of-Euphrates.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:10 Under Persian rule the land of Judah was part of this large Persian province west of the Euphrates River.

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