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]

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Footnotes

  1. 4:7 Ezr 4:8–6:18 is written in Aramaic.

11 Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the royal spokesman, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic,(A) since we understand it. Don’t speak to us in Hebrew[a] within earshot of the people who are on the wall.”

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Footnotes

  1. 36:11 Lit Judahite, also in v. 13

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