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So at last the masons laid the foundation of the Lord’s temple. There stood the priests in full array with their trumpets; there stood the Levites, come down from Asaph, with their cymbals, ready to praise God as David bade them, that long ago was king of all Israel. (Ezra 3, 10)
they had a request to make of Zorobabel and the chieftains. Let us help you to build it, they said; we too have recourse to the same God whom you worship; witness the sacrifices we have been offering to him ever since the Assyrian king Asar-Haddon settled us here. (Ezra 4, 2)
But Zorobabel and Josue and the clan chiefs told them, To build a house to our God can be no common task of yours and ours. The Lord is our God, and we alone must be the builders of it; such were the orders given to us by Cyrus, king of Persia. (Ezra 4, 3)
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)
Be it known to the king’s grace, that the Jews he sent here have betaken themselves to Jerusalem, a city ever infamous for its rebellions, where they have set about building up the ramparts and repairing the walls. (Ezra 4, 12)
We warn the king’s grace that if this city is rebuilt, and its walls restored, there will be an end of all tribute, toll and custom, to the prejudice of the royal revenues. (Ezra 4, 13)
To us, beholden as we are to the royal bounty,✻ the sight of any wrong done to the king is something not to be borne; that is why we are sending him this information. (Ezra 4, 14)
Let him consult the archives of the kings who went before him, and he will learn, from what is set down in their annals, that this is a rebellious city, the bane of king and governor; time out of mind, wars were ever brewing there, and for that very reason it was laid in ruins. (Ezra 4, 15)
We warn the king’s grace, then, that once this city is rebuilt, and its walls restored, he must not look to have any dominions left on this side of the river. (Ezra 4, 16)
Thereupon the king wrote to Reum, Samsai, and their partisans in Samaria and beyond Euphrates, wishing them health and peace. (Ezra 4, 17)
