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And in the days of Artaxerxes ,
Bishlam ,
Mithredath ,
Tabeel and the rest of his colleagues wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia ;
and the text of the letter was written in Aramaic and translated from Aramaic .
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Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes ,
as follows --
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then wrote Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their colleagues ,
the judges and the lesser governors ,
the officials ,
the secretaries ,
the men of Erech ,
the Babylonians ,
the men of Susa ,
that is ,
the Elamites ,
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and the rest of the nations which the great and honorable Osnappar deported and settled in the city of Samaria ,
and in the rest of the region beyond the River .
Now
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this is the copy of the letter which they sent to him - "
To King Artaxerxes :
Your servants ,
the men in the region beyond the River ,
and now
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let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem ;
they are rebuilding the rebellious and evil city and are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations .
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Now let it be known to the king ,
that if that city is rebuilt and the walls are finished ,
they will not pay tribute ,
custom or toll ,
and it will damage the revenue of the kings .
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Now because we are in the service of the palace ,
and it is not fitting for us to see the king '
s dishonor ,
therefore we have sent and informed the king ,
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so that a search may be made in the record books of your fathers .
And you will discover in the record books and learn that that city is a rebellious city and damaging to kings and provinces ,
and that they have incited revolt within it in past days ;
therefore that city was laid waste .
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We inform the king that if that city is rebuilt and the walls finished ,
as a result you will have no possession in the province beyond the River ."
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Then the king sent an answer to Rehum the commander ,
to Shimshai the scribe ,
and to the rest of their colleagues who live in Samaria and in the rest of the provinces beyond the River - "
Peace .
And now
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the document which you sent to us has been translated and read before me .
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A decree has been issued by me ,
and a search has been made and it has been discovered that that city has risen up against the kings in past days ,
that rebellion and revolt have been perpetrated in it ,
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that mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem ,
governing all the provinces beyond the River ,
and that tribute ,
custom and toll were paid to them .
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So ,
now issue a decree to make these men stop work ,
that this city may not be rebuilt until a decree is issued by me .
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Beware of being negligent in carrying out this matter ;
why should damage increase to the detriment of the kings ?"
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Then as soon as the copy of King Artaxerxes '
document was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their colleagues ,
they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews and stopped them by force of arms .
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Then work on the house of God in Jerusalem ceased ,
and it was stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia .