Ezra 4
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Ezra 4:2-10

2then they drewH5066 near to ZerubbabelH2216, and to the headsH7218 of fathers’H1 houses, and saidH559 unto them, Let us buildH1129 with you; for we seekH1875 your GodH430, as ye do; and we sacrificeH2076 unto him since the daysH3117 of Esar-haddon kingH4428 of AssyriaH804, who broughtH5927 us up hither. 3But ZerubbabelH2216, and JeshuaH3442, and the restH7605 of the headsH7218 of fathers’H1 housesH1004 of IsraelH3478, saidH559 unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us in buildingH1129 a houseH1004 unto our GodH430; but we ourselves togetherH3162 will buildH1129 unto Jehovah, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, as kingH4428 CyrusH3566 the kingH4428 of PersiaH6539 hath commandedH6680 us. 4Then the peopleH5971 of the landH776 weakened the handsH3027 of the peopleH5971 of JudahH3063, and troubled them in buildingH1129, 5and hiredH7936 counsellors against them, to frustrate their purposeH6098, all the daysH3117 of CyrusH3566 kingH4428 of PersiaH6539, even until the reignH4438 of DariusH1867 kingH4428 of PersiaH6539. 6And in the reignH4438 of AhasuerusH325, in the beginning of his reignH4438, wroteH3789 they an accusation against the inhabitantsH3427 of JudahH3063 and JerusalemH3389.

7And in the daysH3117 of ArtaxerxesH783 wroteH3789 Bishlam, MithredathH4990, TabeelH2870, and the restH7605 of his companions, unto ArtaxerxesH783 kingH4428 of PersiaH6539; and the writingH3789 of the letter was writtenH3789 in the Syrian character, and set forth in the Syrian tongue. 8RehumH7348 the chancellor and ShimshaiH8124 the scribeH5613 wrote a letterH104 against JerusalemH3390 to ArtaxerxesH783 the kingH4430 in this sort: 9thenH116 wrote RehumH7348 the chancellor, and ShimshaiH8124 the scribeH5613, and the restH7606 of their companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites, 10and the restH7606 of the nationsH524 whom the greatH7229 and noble Osnappar brought over, and set in the cityH7149 of SamariaH8115, and in the restH7606 of the country beyond the RiverH5103, and so forth.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain