Ezra:4:12-15

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* Be it known y @ unto the king , that the Jews which came up c @ from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem Y @ruwshalem (Chald )#, building b @ the rebellious and the bad city , and have set up k @ (8675 ) k @ the walls thereof , and joined the foundations . * Be it known y @ now unto the king , that , if this city be builded b @, and the walls set up k @ again , then will they not pay n @ toll , tribute , and custom , and so thou shalt endamage n @ the revenue of the kings . * Now because q @bel # we have maintenance m @ from the kings palace , and it was not meet for us to see the kings dishonour , therefore #H1836have we sent sh @ and certified y @ the king ; * That search b @ may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers : so shalt thou find sh @ in the book of the records , and know y @ that this city is a rebellious city , and hurtful n @ unto kings and provinces , and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time : for which cause was this city destroyed .

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