Verse 11

Ezra 4:11

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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11 (This is the copy of the letter, which they sent to him:) To Artaxerxes the king, thy servants, the men that are on this side of the river, send greeting.

Original Language Text

hebrew

דְּנָה֙ פַּרְשֶׁ֣גֶן אִגַּרְתָּ֔/א דִּ֚י שְׁלַ֣חוּ עֲל֔וֹ/הִי עַל אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּא מַלְכָּ֑/א עַבְדָ֛י/ךְ אֱנָ֥שׁ עֲבַֽר נַהֲרָ֖/ה וּ/כְעֶֽנֶת

English Translation

Now, you have sent a letter to King Artaxerxes by your servant, a man who is passing through the river and like this.

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Chapter 4 Context

1 Now the enemies of Juda and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple... Focus ↗

2 And they came to Zorobabel, and the chief of the fathers, and said to them: Let us build with you, f... Focus ↗

3 But Zorobabel, and Josue, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel said to them: You have... Focus ↗

4 Then the people of the land hindered the hands of the people of Juda, and troubled them in building. Focus ↗

5 And they hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their design all the days of Cyrus king of Per... Focus ↗

6 And in the reign of Assuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the in... Focus ↗

7 And in the days of Artaxerxes, Beselam, Mithridates, and Thabeel, and the rest that were in the coun... Focus ↗

8 Reum Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe wrote a letter from Jerusalem to king Artaxerxes, in this manne... Focus ↗

9 Reum Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe and the rest of their counsellors, the Dinites, and the Apharsa... Focus ↗

10 And the rest of the nations, whom the great and glorious Asenaphar brought over: and made to dwell i... Focus ↗

11 (This is the copy of the letter, which they sent to him:) To Artaxerxes the king, thy servants, the...

12 Be it known to the king, that the Jews, who came up from thee to us, are come to Jerusalem a rebelli... Focus ↗

13 And now be it known to the king, that if this city be built up, and the walls thereof repaired, they... Focus ↗

14 But we remembering the salt that we have eaten in the palace, and because we count it a crime to see... Focus ↗

15 That search may be made in the books of the histories of thy fathers, and thou shalt find written in... Focus ↗

16 We certify the king, that if this city be built, and the walls thereof repaired, thou shalt have no... Focus ↗

17 The king sent word to Reum Beelteem and Samsai the scribe, and to the rest that were in their counci... Focus ↗

18 The accusation, which you have sent to us, hath been plainly read before me, Focus ↗

19 And I commanded: and search hath been made, and it is found, that this city of old time hath rebelle... Focus ↗

20 For there have been powerful kings in Jerusalem, who hare had dominion over all the country that is... Focus ↗

21 Now therefore hear the sentence: Hinder those men, that this city be not built, till further orders... Focus ↗

22 See that you be not negligent in executing this, lest by little and little the evil grow to the hurt... Focus ↗

23 Now the copy of the edict of king Artaxerxes was read before Reum Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe, a... Focus ↗

24 Then the work of the house of the Lord in Jerusalem was interrupted, and ceased till the second year... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Ezra
Chapter: Chapter 4 (24 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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