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and the talk went round among them, Saw you this warrior that went by? He has challenged Israel; and great good fortune awaits the man who overcomes him. The king has promised such a man great riches, and his daughter’s hand in marriage, and for his father’s house, freedom from every tax levied in Israel. (1 Samuel 17, 25)
But once more the angel of the Lord roused him; Awake and eat, said he, thou hast a journey before thee that will tax thy strength. (1 Kings 19, 7)
To find this tribute for the Assyrian king, Menahem imposed a tax of fifty silver pieces on all the rich and powerful men in his kingdom. Thus the Assyrian king was induced to go home and rid the country of his presence. (2 Kings 15, 20)
The fine Pharao-Nechao had imposed was paid by Joakim, who levied a tax on the whole country; thus it was the citizens, each according to his means, that must satisfy Pharao-Nechao with gold and silver alike. (2 Kings 23, 35)
And word went round Juda and Jerusalem that each man was to pay the tax Moses enjoined on all Israel, out in the desert. (2 Chronicles 24, 9)
and when Artaxerxes came to the throne, Beselam, Mithridates and Thabeel, with their partisans, addressed another to king Artaxerxes, in Syrian script and in the Syrian dialect. (Ezra 4, 7)
This letter about Jerusalem, sent by the procurator Reum and the notary Samsai to king Artaxerxes, is given below; (Ezra 4, 8)
(here the text of their letter begins). Greetings to king Artaxerxes from his subjects beyond the Euphrates. (Ezra 4, 11)
No sooner had the text of this decree from king Artaxerxes been read out to them, than Reum, Samsai and their partisans went post-haste to Jerusalem, and prevented the Jews by main force from any further enterprise. (Ezra 4, 23)
As for the elders of the Jews, they built on, and all went favourably; true prophets were Aggaeus and Zacharias son of Addo; higher and higher the fabric rose, with the God of Israel for its speed, with Cyrus for its speed, and Darius, (and Artaxerxes), kings of Persia. (Ezra 6, 14)
Now turn we to the reign of Artaxerxes in Persia, and to Esdras. This Esdras was descended through Saraias, Helcias, (Ezra 7, 1)
Some of the common folk made the journey to Jerusalem with him, as well as priests, Levites, singers, door-keepers and Nathinaeans. This was in the seventh year of king Artaxerxes; (Ezra 7, 7)
