nkjv Ezra:4:11-16 SEEK
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This is a copy of the letter that they sent him )
To King Artaxerxes from your servants ,
the men of the region beyond the River ,
and so forth :
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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 ,
and are building the rebellious and evil city ,
and are finishing its walls and repairing the foundations .
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Let it now be known to the king that ,
if this city is built and the walls completed ,
they will not pay tax ,
tribute ,
or custom ,
and the king '
s treasury will be diminished .
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Now because we receive support from the palace ,
it was not proper for us to see the king '
s dishonor ;
therefore we have sent and informed the king ,
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that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers .
And you will find in the book of the records and know that this city is a rebellious city ,
harmful to kings and provinces ,
and that they have incited sedition within the city in former times ,
for which cause this city was destroyed .
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We inform the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed ,
the result will be that you will have no dominion beyond the River .