Ezra 4:6-8

New Century Version

More Problems for the Builders

⁶ When Xerxes first became king, those enemies wrote a letter against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.

⁷ When Artaxerxes became king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and those with them wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. It was written in the Aramaic language and translated.

⁸ Rehum the governor and Shimshai the governor’s secretary wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king. It said: