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Ezra 4:5-7
English Standard Version
Ezra 4:5-7
English Standard Version
5 and bribed counselors against them to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
6 And in the reign of (A)Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
The Letter to King Artaxerxes
7 In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam and (B)Mithredath and Tabeel and the rest of their associates wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia. The letter was written (C)in Aramaic and translated.[a]
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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