1Now the enemies of Juda and Benjamin heard…
2And they came to Zorobabel, and the chief…
3But Zorobabel, and Josue, and the rest of…
4Then the people of the land hindered the…
5And they hired counsellors against them, to frustrate…
6And in the reign of Assuerus, in the…
7And in the days of Artaxerxes, Beselam, Mithridates,…
8Reum Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe wrote a…
9Reum Beelteem, and Samsai the scribe and the…
10And the rest of the nations, whom the…
11(This is the copy of the letter, which…
12Be it known to the king, that the…
13And now be it known to the king,…
14But we remembering the salt that we have…
15That search may be made in the books…
16We certify the king, that if this city…
17The king sent word to Reum Beelteem and…
18The accusation, which you have sent to us,…
19And I commanded: and search hath been made,…
20For there have been powerful kings in Jerusalem,…
21Now therefore hear the sentence: Hinder those men,…
22See that you be not negligent in executing…
23Now the copy of the edict of king…
24Then the work of the house of the…
