Ezra 4:9-11

Living Bible

^8-9 Others who participated were Governor Rehum, Shimshai (a scribe), several judges and other local leaders, the Persians, the Babylonians, the men of Erech and Susa, ¹⁰ and men from several other nations. (They had been taken from their own lands by the great and noble Osnappar and relocated in Jerusalem, Samaria, and throughout the neighboring lands west of the Euphrates River.)

¹¹ Here is the text of the letter they sent to King Artaxerxes:

“Sir: Greetings from your loyal subjects west of the Euphrates River.