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Ezra 4:13-20

13BeitknownH3046nowכְּעַ֗ןke.'AnH3705untothekingלְמַלְכָּ֔אle.mal.Ka'H4430,that,ifthiscityקִרְיְתָ֥אkir.ye.Ta'H7149bebuilded,andthewallsוְשׁוּרַיָּ֖הve.shu.rai.Yah'H7792finishedיִֽשְׁתַּכְלְל֑וּןyish.takh.le.LunH3635,theywillnotpaytributeמִנְדָּֽה־min.dah-H4061,custom,ortollוַהֲלָךְ֙va.ha.loKhH1983,andintheenditwillbehurtful untothekingsמַלְכִ֖יםmal.KhimH4430.

14Nowכְּעַ֗ןke.'AnH3705becauseweeatthesaltמְלַ֤חme.LachH4416ofthepalaceהֵֽיכְלָא֙hei.khe.La'H1965,anditisnotmeetforustoseeH2370theking’sמַלְכָּ֔אmal.Ka'H4430dishonor,thereforehavewesentandcertifiedthekingלְמַלְכָּֽא׃le.mal.Ka'H4430;

15thatsearchH1240maybemadeH3046inthebookבִּֽסְפַר־bis.far-H5609oftherecordsofthyfathersאֲבָהָתָ֗ךְ'a.va.ha.TakhH2:soshalt thoufindוּ֠תְהַשְׁכַּחU.te.hash.kachH7912inthebookבִּסְפַ֣רbis.FarH5609oftherecords,andknowוְתִנְדַּע֒ve.tin.Da'H3046thatthiscityקִרְיְתָ֨אkir.ye.Ta'H7149isarebelliouscityקִרְיָ֣אkir.Ya'H7149,andhurtful untokingsמַלְכִין֙mal.KhinH4430andprovincesH4083,andthattheyhavemoved seditionwithinthesameofold time;forwhichcausewasthiscityקִרְיְתָ֥אkir.ye.Ta'H7149laidwaste.

16Wecertifythekingלְמַלְכָּ֔אle.mal.Ka'H4430that,ifthiscityקִרְיְתָ֥אkir.ye.Ta'H7149be builded,andthewallsוְשׁוּרַיָּ֖הve.shu.rai.Yah'H7792finishedיִֽשְׁתַּכְלְל֑וּןyish.takh.le.LunH3635, bythismeans thou shalthavenoportionH2508beyondtheRiverנַהֲרָ֔אna.ha.Ra'H5103.

17Thensentthekingמַלְכָּ֗אmal.Ka'H4430anansweruntoRehumרְח֤וּםre.ChumH7348thechancellor,andtoShimshaiוְשִׁמְשַׁ֣יve.shim.ShaiH8124thescribeסָֽפְרָ֔אsa.fe.Ra'H5613,andtotherestוּשְׁאָר֙u.she.'ArH7606oftheir companionsthatdwellinSamariaבְּשָֽׁמְרָ֑יִןbe.sha.me.Ra.yinH8115,andintherestוּשְׁאָ֧רu.she.'ArH7606ofthecountrybeyondtheRiverנַהֲרָ֛הna.ha.Rah'H5103:Peaceשְׁלָ֖םshe.LamH8001,andsoforth.

18Theletterwhichyesentunto us hath been plainlyreadקֱרִ֖יke.RiH7123beforeme.

19AndIdecreed,andsearchוּבַקַּ֣רוּu.va.Ka.ruH1240hath beenmade,anditisfoundH7912thatthiscityקִרְיְתָ֣אkir.ye.Ta'H7149ofold time hathmadeinsurrectionagainstkingsמַלְכִ֖יןmal.KhinH4430,andthatrebellionandseditionhavebeenmadetherein.

20Therehavebeenmightykingsוּמַלְכִ֣יןu.mal.KhinH4430alsooverJerusalemיְר֣וּשְׁלֶ֔םye.Ru.she.LemH3390, whohaveruledoverallthecountrybeyondtheRiverנַהֲרָ֑הna.ha.Rah'H5103;andtributeוּמִדָּ֥הu.mi.DahH4061,custom,andtollוַהֲלָ֖ךְva.ha.LakhH1983,waspaidunto them.

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