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This is a copy of the letter they sent to King Artaxerxes: "Your servants, the people beyond the River, send greetings. (Ezra 4, 11)
It should be made known to the king that the Jews who came up from your side to ours and have gone to Jerusalem are now building this rebellious and wicked city. They are now rebuilding the walls and have laid the foundation. (Ezra 4, 12)
Be it known, then, to the king, that if this city is rebuilt and its walls finished, they will no longer pay taxes, tributes or toll duties, and in the end, this city shall bring harm to the kings. (Ezra 4, 13)
Now, as we eat the salt of the palace and we do not wish to see the king dishonored, we are sending this information to the king. (Ezra 4, 14)
We make known to the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls restored, you will soon lose your territories on that side of the River." (Ezra 4, 16)
The king wrote this in reply: "To Rehum, the governor; to Shimshai, the secretary; and to the rest of their colleagues who are in Samaria and in the other places at the other side of the River: greetings. (Ezra 4, 17)
When the copy of this letter of King Artaxerxes was read before Rehum, the governor, Shimshai, the secretary, and their colleagues, they went hurriedly to Jerusalem and they used force and violence to make the Jews suspend their work. (Ezra 4, 23)
So the work on the House of God in Jerusalem was interrupted and not begun until the second year of the reign of Darius, king of Persia. (Ezra 4, 24)
But the favor of God was with the leaders of the Jews, for these people did not oblige the Jews to stop the work while the matter was being referred to King Darius and they were waiting for his answer. (Ezra 5, 5)
This is a copy of the joint letter to King Darius from Tattenai, governor of the province of the other side of the River, Shethar Bozenai and his counselors, the Persians at the other bank of the River: (Ezra 5, 6)
"To King Darius, peace. (Ezra 5, 7)
We wish to inform the king that we went to the province of Judea, to the House of the Great God. They are now building the Temple with hewn stones and timber to reinforce the walls; the work is being done with great care and progresses quickly at their hands. (Ezra 5, 8)
