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Then athey delivered the king's edicts to bthe king's satraps and to the governors in the provinces beyond the River, and they supported the people and the house of God.
b
Ezra 4:7, Ezra 5:6
Ezra 4
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And in the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his colleagues wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the text of the letter was written in Aramaic and translated afrom Aramaic.
Ezra 5
6This is the copy of the letter which aTattenai, the governor of the province beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai and his colleagues bthe officials, who were beyond the River, sent to Darius the king.