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  <book number='15' name='' abbreviation='Esr' testament='old'>
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      <verse number='1'>Now when the <strongs number="6862">adversaries</strongs>of <strongs number="3063">Judah</strongs>and <strongs number="1144">Benjamin</strongs><strongs number="8085">heard</strongs><strongs number="3588">that</strongs>the <strongs number="1121">children</strongs>of the <strongs number="1473">captivity</strongs><strongs number="1129">built</strongs>the <strongs number="1964">temple</strongs>unto the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs><strongs number="430">God</strongs>of <strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='2'>Then they <strongs number="5066">came</strongs><strongs number="413">to</strongs><strongs number="2216">Zerubbabel</strongs>, and <strongs number="413">to</strongs>the <strongs number="7218">chief</strongs>of the <strongs number="1">fathers</strongs>, and <strongs number="559">said</strongs>unto them, Let us <strongs number="1129">build</strongs><strongs number="5973">with</strongs>you: <strongs number="3588">for</strongs>we <strongs number="1875">seek</strongs>your <strongs number="430">God</strongs>, as ye <em> do </em>; and <strongs number="587">we</strongs>do <strongs number="2076">sacrifice</strongs>unto him since the <strongs number="4480 3117">days</strongs>of <strongs number="634">Esar</strongs>-haddon <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>of <strongs number="804">Assur</strongs>, which brought us <strongs number="5927 *853">up</strongs><strongs number="6311">hither</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='3'>But <strongs number="2216">Zerubbabel</strongs>, and <strongs number="3442">Jeshua</strongs>, and the <strongs number="7605">rest</strongs>of the <strongs number="7218">chief</strongs>of the <strongs number="1">fathers</strongs>of <strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>, <strongs number="559">said</strongs>unto them, Ye have <strongs number="3808">nothing</strongs>to do with us to <strongs number="1129">build</strongs>a <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>unto our <strongs number="430">God</strongs>; <strongs number="3588">but</strongs>we <strongs number="587">ourselves</strongs><strongs number="3162">together</strongs>will <strongs number="1129">build</strongs>unto the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs><strongs number="430">God</strongs>of <strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>, <strongs number="834">as</strongs><strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="3566">Cyrus</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>of <strongs number="6539">Persia</strongs>hath <strongs number="6680">commanded</strongs>us. </verse>
      <verse number='4'>Then the <strongs number="5971">people</strongs>of the <strongs number="776">land</strongs><strongs number="7503">weakened</strongs>the <strongs number="3027">hands</strongs>of the <strongs number="5971">people</strongs>of <strongs number="3063">Judah</strongs>, and <strongs number="1089">troubled</strongs>them in <strongs number="1129">building</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='5'>And <strongs number="7936">hired</strongs><strongs number="3289">counselors</strongs><strongs number="5921">against</strongs>them, to <strongs number="6565">frustrate</strongs>their <strongs number="6098">purpose</strongs>, <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="3117">days</strongs>of <strongs number="3566">Cyrus</strongs><strongs number="4428">king</strongs>of <strongs number="6539">Persia</strongs>, even <strongs number="5704">until</strongs>the <strongs number="4438">reign</strongs>of <strongs number="1867">Darius</strongs><strongs number="4428">king</strongs>of <strongs number="6539">Persia</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='6'>And in the <strongs number="4438">reign</strongs>of <strongs number="325">Ahasuerus</strongs>, in the <strongs number="8462">beginning</strongs>of his <strongs number="4438">reign</strongs>, <strongs number="3789">wrote</strongs>they <em> unto </em><em> him </em>an <strongs number="7855">accusation</strongs><strongs number="5921">against</strongs>the <strongs number="3427">inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs number="3063">Judah</strongs>and <strongs number="3389">Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='7'>And in the <strongs number="3117">days</strongs>of <strongs number="783">Artaxerxes</strongs><strongs number="3789">wrote</strongs><strongs number="1312">Bishlam</strongs>, <strongs number="4990">Mithredath</strongs>, <strongs number="2870">Tabeel</strongs>, and the <strongs number="7605">rest</strongs>of their <strongs number="3674">companions</strongs>, <strongs number="5921">unto</strongs><strongs number="783">Artaxerxes</strongs><strongs number="4428">king</strongs>of <strongs number="6539">Persia</strongs>; and the <strongs number="3791">writing</strongs>of the <strongs number="5406">letter</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="3789">written</strongs>in the Syrian <strongs number="762">tongue</strongs>, and <strongs number="8638">interpreted</strongs>in the Syrian <strongs number="762">tongue</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='8'><strongs number="7348">Rehum</strongs>the <strongs number="2942 1169">chancellor</strongs>and <strongs number="8124">Shimshai</strongs>the <strongs number="5613">scribe</strongs><strongs number="3790">wrote</strongs><strongs number="2298">a</strongs><strongs number="104">letter</strongs><strongs number="5922">against</strongs><strongs number="3390">Jerusalem</strongs>to <strongs number="783">Artaxerxes</strongs>the <strongs number="4430">king</strongs>in this <strongs number="3660">sort</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='9'><strongs number="116">Then</strongs><em> wrote </em><strongs number="7348">Rehum</strongs>the <strongs number="2942 1169">chancellor</strongs>, and <strongs number="8124">Shimshai</strongs>the <strongs number="5613">scribe</strongs>, and the <strongs number="7606">rest</strongs>of their <strongs number="3675">companions</strongs>; the <strongs number="1784">Dinaites</strongs>, the <strongs number="671">Apharsathchites</strongs>, the <strongs number="2967">Tarpelites</strongs>, the <strongs number="670">Apharsites</strongs>, the <strongs number="756">Archevites</strongs>, the <strongs number="896">Babylonians</strongs>, the <strongs number="7801">Susanchites</strongs>, the <strongs number="1723">Dehavites</strongs>, <em> and </em>the <strongs number="5962">Elamites</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='10'>And the <strongs number="7606">rest</strongs>of the <strongs number="524">nations</strongs><strongs number="1768">whom</strongs>the <strongs number="7229">great</strongs>and <strongs number="3358">noble</strongs><strongs number="620">Asnappar</strongs>brought <strongs number="1541">over</strongs>, and <strongs number="3488">set</strongs>in the <strongs number="7149">cities</strongs><strongs number="1768">of</strongs><strongs number="8115">Samaria</strongs>, and the <strongs number="7606">rest</strongs><em> that </em><em> are </em>on this <strongs number="5675">side</strongs>the <strongs number="5103">river</strongs>, and at such a <strongs number="3706">time</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='11'><strongs number="1836">This</strongs><em> is </em>the <strongs number="6573">copy</strongs>of the <strongs number="104">letter</strongs><strongs number="1768">that</strongs>they <strongs number="7972">sent</strongs><strongs number="5922">unto</strongs>him, <em> even </em><strongs number="5922">unto</strongs><strongs number="783">Artaxerxes</strongs>the <strongs number="4430">king</strongs>; Thy <strongs number="5649">servants</strongs>the <strongs number="606">men</strongs>on this <strongs number="5675">side</strongs>the <strongs number="5103">river</strongs>, and at such a <strongs number="3706">time</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='12'><strongs number="1934">Be</strongs>it <strongs number="3046">known</strongs>unto the <strongs number="4430">king</strongs>, that the <strongs number="3062">Jews</strongs><strongs number="1768">which</strongs>came <strongs number="5559">up</strongs><strongs number="4481 3890">from</strongs>thee <strongs number="5922">to</strongs>us are <strongs number="858">come</strongs>unto <strongs number="3390">Jerusalem</strongs>, <strongs number="1124">building</strongs>the <strongs number="4779">rebellious</strongs>and the <strongs number="873">bad</strongs><strongs number="7149">city</strongs>, and have set <strongs number="3635">up</strongs>the <strongs number="7792">walls</strongs><em> thereof </em>, and <strongs number="2338">joined</strongs>the <strongs number="787">foundations</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='13'><strongs number="1934">Be</strongs>it <strongs number="3046">known</strongs><strongs number="3705">now</strongs>unto the <strongs number="4430">king</strongs>, <strongs number="1768">that</strongs>, <strongs number="2006">if</strongs><strongs number="1791">this</strongs><strongs number="7149">city</strongs>be <strongs number="1124">built</strongs>, and the <strongs number="7792">walls</strongs>set <strongs number="3635">up</strongs><em> again, </em><em> then </em>will they <strongs number="3809">not</strongs><strongs number="5415">pay</strongs><strongs number="4061">toll</strongs>, <strongs number="1093">tribute</strongs>, and <strongs number="1983">custom</strongs>, and <em> so </em>thou shalt <strongs number="5142">endamage</strongs>the <strongs number="674">revenue</strongs>of the <strongs number="4430">kings</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='14'><strongs number="3705">Now</strongs><strongs number="3606 6903 1768">because</strongs>we have <strongs number="4415 4416">maintenance</strongs>from <em> the </em><em> king's </em><strongs number="1965">palace</strongs>, and it was <strongs number="3809">not</strongs><strongs number="749">meet</strongs>for us to <strongs number="2370">see</strongs>the <strongs number="4430">king</strongs>'s <strongs number="6173">dishonor</strongs>, <strongs number="5922 1836">therefore</strongs>have we <strongs number="7972">sent</strongs>and <strongs number="3046">certified</strongs>the <strongs number="4430">king</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='15'><strongs number="1768">That</strongs>search may be <strongs number="1240">made</strongs>in the <strongs number="5609">book</strongs>of the <strongs number="1799">records</strongs><strongs number="1768">of</strongs>thy <strongs number="2">fathers</strongs>: so shalt thou <strongs number="7912">find</strongs>in the <strongs number="5609">book</strongs>of the <strongs number="1799">records</strongs>, and <strongs number="3046">know</strongs><strongs number="1768">that</strongs><strongs number="1791">this</strongs><strongs number="7149">city</strongs><em> is </em>a <strongs number="4779">rebellious</strongs><strongs number="7149">city</strongs>, and <strongs number="5142">hurtful</strongs>unto <strongs number="4430">kings</strongs>and <strongs number="4083">provinces</strongs>, and that they have <strongs number="5648">moved</strongs><strongs number="849">sedition</strongs>within the <strongs number="1459">same</strongs><strongs number="4481">of</strongs><strongs number="5957">old</strongs><strongs number="3118">time</strongs>: <strongs number="5922">for</strongs>which <strongs number="1836">cause</strongs>was <strongs number="1791">this</strongs><strongs number="7149">city</strongs><strongs number="2718">destroyed</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='16'><strongs number="586">We</strongs><strongs number="3046">certify</strongs>the <strongs number="4430">king</strongs><strongs number="1768">that</strongs>, <strongs number="2006">if</strongs><strongs number="1791">this</strongs><strongs number="7149">city</strongs>be <strongs number="1124">built</strongs><em> again </em>, and the <strongs number="7792">walls</strongs>thereof set <strongs number="3635">up</strongs>, by <strongs number="1836">this</strongs><strongs number="6903">means</strongs>thou shalt <strongs number="383">have</strongs><strongs number="3809">no</strongs><strongs number="2508">portion</strongs>on this <strongs number="5675">side</strongs>the <strongs number="5103">river</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='17'><em> Then </em><strongs number="7972">sent</strongs>the <strongs number="4430">king</strongs>an <strongs number="6600">answer</strongs><strongs number="5922">unto</strongs><strongs number="7348">Rehum</strongs>the <strongs number="1169 2942">chancellor</strongs>, and <em> to </em><strongs number="8124">Shimshai</strongs>the <strongs number="5613">scribe</strongs>, and <em> to </em>the <strongs number="7606">rest</strongs>of their <strongs number="3675">companions</strongs><strongs number="1768">that</strongs><strongs number="3488">dwell</strongs>in <strongs number="8115">Samaria</strongs>, and <em> unto </em>the <strongs number="7606">rest</strongs><strongs number="5675">beyond</strongs>the <strongs number="5103">river</strongs>, <strongs number="8001">Peace</strongs>, and at such a <strongs number="3706">time</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='18'>The <strongs number="5407">letter</strongs><strongs number="1768">which</strongs>ye <strongs number="7972">sent</strongs><strongs number="5922">unto</strongs>us hath been <strongs number="6568">plainly</strongs><strongs number="7123">read</strongs><strongs number="6925">before</strongs>me. </verse>
      <verse number='19'>And I <strongs number="7761 2942">commanded</strongs>, and search hath been <strongs number="1240">made</strongs>, and it is <strongs number="7912">found</strongs><strongs number="1768">that</strongs><strongs number="1791">this</strongs><strongs number="7149">city</strongs><strongs number="4481">of</strongs><strongs number="5957">old</strongs><strongs number="3118">time</strongs>hath made <strongs number="5376">insurrection</strongs><strongs number="5922">against</strongs><strongs number="4430">kings</strongs>, and <em> that </em><strongs number="4776">rebellion</strongs>and <strongs number="849">sedition</strongs>have been <strongs number="5648">made</strongs>therein. </verse>
      <verse number='20'>There have <strongs number="1934">been</strongs><strongs number="8624">mighty</strongs><strongs number="4430">kings</strongs>also <strongs number="5922">over</strongs><strongs number="3390">Jerusalem</strongs>, which have <strongs number="7990">ruled</strongs>over <strongs number="3606">all</strongs><em> countries </em><strongs number="5675">beyond</strongs>the <strongs number="5103">river</strongs>; and <strongs number="4061">toll</strongs>, <strongs number="1093">tribute</strongs>, and <strongs number="1983">custom</strongs>, was <strongs number="3052">paid</strongs>unto them. </verse>
      <verse number='21'><strongs number="7761">Give</strongs>ye <strongs number="3705">now</strongs><strongs number="2942">commandment</strongs>to cause <strongs number="479">these</strongs><strongs number="1400">men</strongs>to <strongs number="989">cease</strongs>, and that <strongs number="1791">this</strongs><strongs number="7149">city</strongs>be <strongs number="3809">not</strongs><strongs number="1124">built</strongs>, <strongs number="5705">until</strongs><em> another </em><strongs number="2941">commandment</strongs>shall be <strongs number="7761">given</strongs><strongs number="4481">from</strongs>me. </verse>
      <verse number='22'>Take <strongs number="2095 1934">heed</strongs>now that ye fail <strongs number="7960">not</strongs>to <strongs number="5648">do</strongs><strongs number="*5922 1836">this</strongs>: <strongs number="4101">why</strongs>should <strongs number="2257">damage</strongs><strongs number="7680">grow</strongs>to the <strongs number="5142">hurt</strongs>of the <strongs number="4430">kings</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='23'><strongs number="116">Now</strongs><strongs number="4481 1768">when</strongs>the <strongs number="6573">copy</strongs>of <strongs number="4430">king</strongs><strongs number="783">Artaxerxes</strongs>' <strongs number="5407">letter</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="7123">read</strongs><strongs number="6925">before</strongs><strongs number="7348">Rehum</strongs>, and <strongs number="8124">Shimshai</strongs>the <strongs number="5613">scribe</strongs>, and their <strongs number="3675">companions</strongs>, they went <strongs number="236">up</strongs>in <strongs number="924">haste</strongs>to <strongs number="3390">Jerusalem</strongs><strongs number="5922">unto</strongs>the <strongs number="3062">Jews</strongs>, and made <strongs number="1994">them</strongs>to <strongs number="989">cease</strongs>by <strongs number="153">force</strongs>and <strongs number="2429">power</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='24'><strongs number="116">Then</strongs><strongs number="989">ceased</strongs>the <strongs number="5673">work</strongs>of the <strongs number="1005">house</strongs>of <strongs number="426">God</strongs><strongs number="1768">which</strongs><em> is </em>at <strongs number="3390">Jerusalem</strongs>. <strongs number="1934">So</strongs>it <strongs number="989">ceased</strongs><strongs number="5705">unto</strongs>the <strongs number="8648">second</strongs><strongs number="8140">year</strongs>of the <strongs number="4437">reign</strongs>of <strongs number="1868">Darius</strongs><strongs number="4430">king</strongs>of <strongs number="6540">Persia</strongs>. </verse>
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