Ezra 4:13-20

13NowH3705 let it beH3046 knownH3046 to the kingH4430, that ifH2006 that cityH7149 is rebuiltH1124 and the wallsH7792 are finishedH3635, 1they will not payH5415 tributeH4061, customH1093 taxH1093, or tollH1983, and it will 2be detrimentalH5142 to the revenueH674 of the kingsH4430. 14NowH3705 becauseH6903H1768 we 3are in the serviceH4415 of the palaceH1965, and it is not fittingH749 for us to seeH2370 the king’sH4430 shameH6173, for thisH1836 reasonH5922 we have sentH7972 word and informedH3046 the kingH4430, 15soH1768 thatH1768 a searchH1240 may be conductedH1240 in the recordH1799 booksH5609 of your fathersH2. And you will discoverH7912 in the recordH1799 booksH5609 and learnH3046 that that cityH7149 is a rebelliousH4779 cityH7149 and detrimentalH5142 to kingsH4430 and provincesH4083, and that they have revoltedH5648H849 withinH1459 it in pastH5957 daysH3118; for thisH1836 reasonH5922 that cityH7149 was laidH2718 wasteH2718. 16We are informingH3046 the kingH4430 that ifH2006 that cityH7149 is rebuiltH1124 and the wallsH7792 finishedH3635, then as a resultH6903 of thisH1836 you will haveH383 noH3809 possessionH2508 in the province beyondH5675 the Euphrates RiverH5103.”

17Then the kingH4430 sentH7972 a responseH6600 to RehumH7348 the commanderH1169H2942, ShimshaiH8124 the scribeH5613, and to the restH7606 of their colleaguesH3675 whoH1768 liveH3488 in SamariaH8115 and in the restH7606 of the provinces beyondH5675 the Euphrates RiverH5103: “PeaceH8001. And nowH3706, 18the documentH5407 whichH1768 you sentH7972 to us has been 45translatedH6568 and readH7123 beforeH6925 me. 19And a decreeH2942 has been 6issuedH7761 by me, and a searchH1240 has been conductedH1240 and it has been discoveredH7912 that that cityH7149 has risenH5376 up againstH5922 the kingsH4430 in pastH5957 daysH3118, and that rebellionH4776 and revoltH849 have been perpetratedH5648 in it, 207that mightyH8624 kingsH4430 have 8ruledH1934 overH5922 JerusalemH3390, governingH7990 allH3606 the provinces 9beyondH5675 the Euphrates RiverH5103, and that 10tributeH4061, customH1093 taxH1093, and tollH1983 were paidH3052 to them.