Ezra 4:7-9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁷ During the time of King Artaxerxes of Persia,^(A) Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his colleagues wrote to King Artaxerxes. The letter was written in Aramaic^(B) and translated.^[a]

⁸ Rehum the chief officer and Shimshai the scribe^(C) wrote a letter to King Artaxerxes concerning Jerusalem as follows:

⁹ From Rehum^[b] the chief officer, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues – the judges and magistrates^[c] from Tripolis, Persia, Erech, Babylon, Susa^(D) (that is, the people of Elam),^[d]