Now when the adversaries of Yehudah and Binyamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to the LORD, the God of Yisra'el;
Ezra 4:10 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar 1 brought over, and set in the city of Shomron, and in the rest [of the country] beyond the River, and so forth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar deported and settled in the city of Samaria and the rest of the country beyond [west of] the Euphrates River, and so forth. American Standard Version (1901) and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over, and set in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River, and so forth. Common English Bible and the rest of the nations whom the great and famous Osnappar deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River. ( Catholic Public Domain Version and the rest of the nations, whom the great and glorious Osnappar transferred and caused to live in the cities of Samaria and in the rest of the regions across the river in peace: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the rest of the nations, whom the great and glorious Asenaphar brought over and made to dwell in the cities of Samaria and in the rest of the countries of this side of the river in peace. |
Now when the adversaries of Yehudah and Binyamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to the LORD, the God of Yisra'el;
This is the copy of the letter that they sent to Artachshasta the king: Your servants the men beyond the River, and so forth.
[Then] sent the king an answer to Rechum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions who dwell in Shomron, and in the rest [of the country] beyond the River: Shalom, and so forth.
Artachshasta, king of kings, to Ezra the Kohen, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect and so forth.
He spoke before his brothers and the army of Shomron, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?
Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keep covenant and loving kindness, don't let all the travail seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our Kohanim, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Ashur to this day.
Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.