Ezra 4:18

A Conservative Version

The letter which ye sent to us has been plainly read before me.

Cross References

Nehemiah 8:8

And they read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly, and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.

Ezra 4:17

[Then] the king sent an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions who dwell in Samaria, and in the rest beyond the River: Peace, and so forth.

Ezra 4:19

And I decreed, and search has been made. And it is found that this city of old time has made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made in it.