Verse 8
Ezra 4:8
Darby Translation
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Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king after this sort:
Original Language Text
hebrew
רְח֣וּם בְּעֵל טְעֵ֗ם וְ/שִׁמְשַׁי֙ סָֽפְרָ֔/א כְּתַ֛בוּ אִגְּרָ֥ה חֲדָ֖ה עַל יְרוּשְׁלֶ֑ם לְ/אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥שְׂתְּא מַלְכָּ֖/א כְּנֵֽמָא
English Translation
He was compassionate in Baal Peor, and Shimshi wrote a new letter about Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king.
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Chapter 4 Context
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And the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building the...
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and they came to Zerubbabel and to the chief fathers, and said to them, We would build with you; for...
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But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the chief fathers of Israel said to them, Ye have nothing...
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And the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building;
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and they hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of P...
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And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the i...
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And in the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, wrote to...
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Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king...
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Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and t...
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and the rest of the peoples whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over and settled in the cities...
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This is the copy of the letter that they sent to him: To Artaxerxes the king: Thy servants the men o...
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Be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from thee unto us have come to Jerusalem; they are...
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Be it known therefore unto the king, that, if this city be built and the walls be completed, they wi...
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Now, since we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not right for us to see the king's injury, there...
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that search may be made in the book of the annals of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of...
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We inform the king that if this city be built and its walls be completed, by this means thou shalt h...
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The king sent an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their comp...
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The letter that ye sent to us has been read before me distinctly.
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And I gave orders, and search has been made, and it has been found that this city of old time has ma...
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And there have been mighty kings over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all beyond the river; and tribu...
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Now give order to make these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until the order shall be...
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and take heed that ye fail not to do this: why should harm grow to the damage of the kings?
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As soon as the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and t...
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Then ceased the work of the house of God (Elohim) which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased until the sec...
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