Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions [a]Dinai, and Apharsathcai, Tarpelai, Persia, Archevai, Bablai, Shushanchai, Dehave, Elamai,

10 And the rest of the people whom the great and noble [b]Osnapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and other that are beyond the [c]River and [d]Cheeneth.

11 ¶ This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto King Artaxerxes, THY SERVANTS the men beyond the River and Cheeneth, salute thee.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:9 These were certain people which the Assyrians placed in Samaria instead of the ten tribes.
  2. Ezra 4:10 Some think it was Sennacherib, but rather Shalmaneser.
  3. Ezra 4:10 To wit, Euphrates: and he meaneth in respect of Babel that they dwelt beyond it.
  4. Ezra 4:10 Which were a certain people that envied the Jews.

Rehum the commanding officer and Shimshai the secretary, together with the rest of their associates(A)—the judges, officials and administrators over the people from Persia, Uruk(B) and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,(C) 10 and the other people whom the great and honorable Ashurbanipal(D) deported and settled in the city of Samaria and elsewhere in Trans-Euphrates.(E)

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

To King Artaxerxes,

From your servants in Trans-Euphrates:

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