Ezra 4:16 meaning and explanation
We advise the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, you will have no dominion west of the Euphrates.
Ezra 4:16, Berean Standard Bible
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These words close the letter that Rehum, Shimshai and their associates sent to King Artaxerxes, opposing the Jews who had returned from exile and were rebuilding Jerusalem. The writers were officials settled in Samaria and the region west of the Euphrates.
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