Ezra:4:2-10
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Then they came to Zerubbabel ,
and to the chief of the fathers ,
and said unto them ,
Let us build with you :
for we seek your God ,
as ye do ;
and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon #
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king of Assur ,
which brought us up hither .
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But Zerubbabel ,
and Jeshua ,
and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel Yisra #
el #,
said unto them ,
Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God ;
but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel Yisra #
el #,
as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us .
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Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah ,
and troubled (
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them in building ,
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And hired counsellors against them ,
to frustrate their purpose ,
all the days of Cyrus king of Persia ,
even until the reign of Darius king of Persia .
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And in the reign of Ahasuerus ,
in the beginning of his reign ,
wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem .
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And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam ,
Mithredath ,
Tabeel tab @#
el #,
and the rest of their companions ,
unto Artaxerxes king of Persia ;
and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue ,
and interpreted in the Syrian tongue .
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Rehum the chancellor #
H2942and Shimshai the scribe wrote k @
a letter against Jerusalem Y @
ruwshalem (
Chald )#
to Artaxerxes the king in this sort :
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Then wrote Rehum the chancellor #
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em #,
and Shimshai the scribe ,
and the rest of their companions ;
the Dinaites ,
the Apharsathchites #
Apharc @
kay #,
the Tarpelites ,
the Apharsites #
Aphar @
cay #,
the Archevites #
Ark @
vay #,
the Babylonians ,
the Susanchites ,
the Dehavites ,
and the Elamites ,
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And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over g @,
and set y @
in the cities of Samaria ,
and the rest that are on this side the river ,
and at such a time k @#
eneth #.