1Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin…
2then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to…
3But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of…
4Then the people of the land weakened the…
5and hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their…
6And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the…
7And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam,…
8Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote…
9then [wrote] Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the…
10and the rest of the nations whom the…
11This is the copy of the letter that…
12Be it known unto the king, that the…
13Be it known now unto the king, that,…
14Now because we eat the salt of the…
15that search may be made in the book…
16We certify the king that, if this city…
17[Then] sent the king an answer unto Rehum…
18The letter which ye sent unto us hath…
19And I decreed, and search hath been made,…
20There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem,…
21Make ye now a decree to cause these…
22And take heed that ye be not slack…
23Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter…
24Then ceased the work of the house of…
