Ezra 4:9-11

Christian Standard Bible

⁹ From Rehum^[a] the chief deputy, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues—the judges and magistrates^[b] from Tripolis, Persia, Erech, Babylon, Susa^(A) (that is, the people of Elam),^{[c] 10} and the rest of the peoples whom the great and illustrious Ashurbanipal^[d] deported and settled in the cities of Samaria^(B) and the region west of the Euphrates River.^(C)

¹¹ This is the text of the letter they sent to him:

To King Artaxerxes from your servants, the men from the region west of the Euphrates River: