thisis the copyof the letterwhichthey sentto him: "To KingArtaxerxes:Your servants,the menin the regionbeyondthe River,and now
So she wrotelettersin Ahab'snameand sealedthem with his seal,and sentlettersto the eldersand to the nobleswhowere livingwith Nabothin his city.
So they setup the altaron its foundation,for they were terrifiedbecauseof the peoplesof the lands;and they offeredburntofferingson it to the LORD,burntofferingsmorningand evening.
and the restof the nationswhichthe greatand honorableOsnappardeportedand settledin the cityof Samaria,and in the restof the regionbeyondthe River.Now
let it be knownto the kingthat the Jewswhocameup from you have cometo us at Jerusalem;they are rebuildingthe rebelliousand evilcityand are finishingthe wallsand repairingthe foundations.
[This is] the copyof the letterwhichTattenai,the governorof [the province] beyondthe River,and Shethar-bozenaiand his colleaguesthe officials,whowere beyondthe River,sentto Dariusthe king.
Now thisis the copyof the decreewhichKingArtaxerxesgaveto Ezrathe priest,the scribe,learnedin the wordsof the commandmentsof the LORDand His statutesto Israel:
Thereforethe Samaritanwomansaidto Him, "Howis it that You, beinga Jew,askme for a drinksince I ama Samaritanwoman?"(For Jewshavenodealingswith Samaritans.)