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10 all the other peoples whom the great and illustrious Ashurbanipal deported and settled, in the city of Samaria and in the rest of the province of West-of-Euphrates.”[a]

11 This is a copy of the letter that they sent to him: “To King Artaxerxes, from your servants, the people of the province of Trans-Euphrates: 12 The king has the right to know that the Jews who came up from you to us have arrived in Jerusalem and are in the process of rebuilding this rebellious and wicked city. They have restored the walls and are repairing the foundations.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:10 The Aramaic text has Osnapper as the king’s name, but he is probably the famous Ashurbanipal (668–626 B.C.), son of Esarhaddon (v. 2) and continuer of his policy.

10 and the other people whom the great and honorable Ashurbanipal(A) deported and settled in the city of Samaria and elsewhere in Trans-Euphrates.(B)

11 (This is a copy of the letter they sent him.)

To King Artaxerxes,

From your servants in Trans-Euphrates:

12 The king should know that the people who came up to us from you have gone to Jerusalem and are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are restoring the walls and repairing the foundations.(C)

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