Ezra 4:15-17

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁵ “so that one may search in the Book of the Chronicles of your fathers, and you shall find in the Book of the Chronicles and perceive that this city is rebellious and noisome to kings and provinces, and that they have incited sedition in former times, for which reason this city was destroyed.

¹⁶ “We inform the king that if this city is built, and the foundation of the walls laid, by this means the portion beyond the River shall not be yours.”

¹⁷ The king sent an answer to Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe and to the rest of their companions who dwelt in Samaria, and to the others beyond the River (Shelam and Cheeth).