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10 together with the other peoples whom the great and powerful Ashurbanipal moved from their homes and settled in the city of Samaria and elsewhere in West-of-Euphrates Province.”[a]

11 This is the text of the letter:

    “To Emperor Artaxerxes from his servants who live in West-of-Euphrates.
12 “We want Your Majesty to know that the Jews who came here from your other territories have settled in Jerusalem and are rebuilding that evil and rebellious city. They have begun to rebuild the walls and will soon finish them.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:10 Under Persian rule the land of Judah was part of this large Persian province west of the Euphrates River.

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