17 The king sent an answer:

To Rehum the commander, to Shimshai the scribe, to the rest of their companions who dwell in Samaria, and to the remainder beyond the River:

Peace, [a]and so forth.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:17 Lit. and now

17 The king sent this reply:

To Rehum the commanding officer, Shimshai the secretary and the rest of their associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in Trans-Euphrates:(A)

Greetings.

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Then a herald cried [a]aloud: “To you it is commanded, (A)O peoples, nations, and languages,

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  1. Daniel 3:4 Lit. with strength

Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “Nations and peoples of every language,(A) this is what you are commanded to do:

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25 (A)Then King Darius wrote:

To all peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth:

Peace be multiplied to you.

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25 Then King Darius wrote to all the nations and peoples of every language(A) in all the earth:

“May you prosper greatly!(B)

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