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Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows.

Ezra 4:8 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીએઝરા ૪:૮
ન્યાય ખાતાના વડા રહૂમે તથા પ્રધાન શિમ્શાયે, યરુશાલેમ વિરુદ્ધ આર્તાહશાસ્તા રાજાને પત્ર લખ્યો.
हिन्दीएज्रा ४:८
अर्थात् रहूम राजमंत्री और शिमशै मंत्री ने यरूशलेम के विरुद्ध राजा अर्तक्षत्र को इस आशय की चिट्ठी लिखी।

In context

6In the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

7In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in Syrian and delivered in the Syrian language.

8Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows.

9Then Rehum the chancellor, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites,

10and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over and settled in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River, and so forth, wrote.

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