Ezra 4:8-9

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8} Rehum the chief deputy and Shimshai the scribe^(A) wrote a letter to King Artaxerxes concerning Jerusalem as follows:

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9} From Rehum^(a) the chief deputy, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues—the judges and magistrates^(b) from Tripolis, Persia, Erech, Babylon, Susa^(B) (that is, the people of Elam),^(c)

Footnotes:

a. Ezra 4:9: Lit Then Rehum

b. Ezra 4:9: Or ambassadors

c. Ezra 4:9: Aram obscure

Cross references:

A. Ezra 4:8: Ezra 4:17; Ezra 4:23-24

B. Ezra 4:9: Nehemiah 1:1; Daniel 8:2