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Ezra 4:19-22

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.

21MakeH7761yenowכְּעַן֙ke.'AnH3705adecreeטְּעֵ֔םte.'EmH2942tocausethesemenH1400toceaseלְבַטָּלָ֖אle.va.ta.La'H989,andthatthiscityוְקִרְיְתָ֥אve.kir.ye.Ta'H7149benotbuilded,untiladecreeטַעְמָ֥אta'.Ma'H2942shallbemadeH7761byme.

22Andtakeheedthatyebenot slack herein:whyלְמָה֙le.MahH4101shoulddamagegrowtothehurtofthekingsמַלְכִֽין׃ סmal.KhinH4430?

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