Ezra 4:16-18

Darby Translation

¹⁶ We inform the king that if this city be built and its walls be completed, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.

¹⁷ The king sent an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and the other places beyond the river: Peace, and so forth.

¹⁸ The letter that ye sent to us has been read before me distinctly.