[a]From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions—representatives of (A)the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the people of Persia and Erech and Babylon and [b]Shushan, the Dehavites, the Elamites, 10 (B)and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnapper took captive and settled in the cities of Samaria and the remainder beyond [c]the River—(C)and[d] so forth.

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  1. Ezra 4:9 Lit. Then
  2. Ezra 4:9 Or Susa
  3. Ezra 4:10 The Euphrates
  4. Ezra 4:10 Lit. and now

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)

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