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1. Ezra 4:8 מַלְכָּ֖א

   Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:

2. Ezra 4:11 מַלְכָּ֑א

   (This is the text of the letter they sent to him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants, the men west of the Euphrates:

3. Ezra 4:12 לְמַלְכָּ֔א

   Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came from you to us have returned to Jerusalem. And they are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city, restoring its walls, and repairing its foundations.

4. Ezra 4:13 לְמַלְכָּ֔אמַלְכִ֖ים

   Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, they will not pay tribute, duty, or toll, and the royal treasury will suffer.

5. Ezra 4:14 מַלְכָּ֔אלְמַלְכָּֽא׃

   Now because we are in the service of the palace and it is not fitting for us to allow the king to be dishonored, we have sent to inform the king

6. Ezra 4:15 מַלְכִין֙

   that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.

7. Ezra 4:16 לְמַלְכָּ֔א

   We advise the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, you will have no dominion west of the Euphrates.

8. Ezra 4:17 מַלְכָּ֗א

   Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings.

9. Ezra 4:19 מַלְכִ֖ין

   I issued a decree, and a search was conducted. It was discovered that this city has revolted against kings from ancient times, engaging in rebellion and sedition.

10. Ezra 4:20 וּמַלְכִ֣ין

    And mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates; and tribute, duty, and toll were paid to them.

11. Ezra 4:22 מַלְכִֽין׃ס

    See that you do not neglect this matter. Why allow this threat to increase and the royal interests to suffer?

12. Ezra 4:23 מַלְכָּ֔א

    When the text of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them.

13. Ezra 4:24 מֶֽלֶךְ־

    Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

14. Ezra 5:6 מַלְכָּֽא׃

    This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.

15. Ezra 5:7 מַלְכָּ֖א

    The report they sent him read as follows: To King Darius: All peace.

16. Ezra 5:8 לְמַלְכָּ֗א

    Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebuilding it with large stones, and placing timbers in the walls. This work is being carried out diligently and is prospering in their hands.

17. Ezra 5:11 וּמֶ֤לֶךְ

    And this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.

18. Ezra 5:12 מֶֽלֶךְ־

    But since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon.

19. Ezra 5:13 מַלְכָּ֖אמַלְכָּא֙

    In his first year, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

20. Ezra 5:14 מַלְכָּ֗א

    He also removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles belonging to the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken and carried there from the temple in Jerusalem. King Cyrus gave these articles to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he appointed governor

21. Ezra 5:17 מַלְכָּ֣אמַלְכָּ֣אמַלְכָּא֙מַלְכָּ֛א

    Now, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.

22. Ezra 6:1 מַלְכָּ֖א

    Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.

23. Ezra 6:3 מַלְכָּ֗אמַלְכָּא֮

    In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,

24. Ezra 6:4 מַלְכָּ֖א

    with three layers of cut stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid from the royal treasury.

25. Ezra 6:8 מַלְכָּ֗א

    I hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be hindered.

26. Ezra 6:10 מַלְכָּ֖א

    Then they will be able to offer sacrifices of a sweet aroma to the God of heaven and to pray for the lives of the king and his sons.

27. Ezra 6:12 מֶ֤לֶךְ

    May God, who has caused His Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to alter this decree or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out with diligence.

28. Ezra 6:13 מַלְכָּ֛א

    In response, Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed.

29. Ezra 6:14 מֶ֥לֶךְ

    So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.

30. Ezra 6:15 מַלְכָּֽא׃פ

    And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

31. Ezra 7:12 מֶ֖לֶךְמַלְכַיָּ֑א

    Artaxerxes, king of kings. To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings.

32. Ezra 7:14 מַלְכָּ֜א

    You are sent by the king and his seven counselors to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.

33. Ezra 7:15 מַלְכָּ֣א

    Moreover, you are to take with you the silver and gold that the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,

34. Ezra 7:20 מַלְכָּֽא׃

    And if anything else is needed for the house of your God that you may have occasion to supply, you may pay for it from the royal treasury.

35. Ezra 7:21 מַלְכָּא֙

    I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all the treasurers west of the Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it must be provided promptly,

36. Ezra 7:23 מַלְכָּ֖א

    Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven must be done diligently for His house. For why should wrath fall on the realm of the king and his sons?

37. Ezra 7:26 מַלְכָּ֔א

    If anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a strict judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.

38. Daniel 2:4 מַלְכָּא֙

    Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

39. Daniel 2:5 מַלְכָּא֙

    The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.

40. Daniel 2:7 מַלְכָּ֕א

    They answered a second time, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will give the interpretation.”

41. Daniel 2:8 מַלְכָּא֙

    The king replied, “I know for sure that you are stalling for time, because you see that my word is final.

42. Daniel 2:10 מַלְכָּא֙מַלְכָּ֔אמֶ֙לֶךְ֙

    The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.

43. Daniel 2:11 מַלְכָּ֤המַלְכָּ֑א

    What the king requests is so difficult that no one can tell it to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”

44. Daniel 2:12 מַלְכָּ֕א

    This response made the king so furious with anger that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

45. Daniel 2:14 מַלְכָּ֑א

    When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon, Daniel replied with discretion and tact.

46. Daniel 2:15 מַלְכָּ֔אמַלְכָּ֑א

    “Why is the decree from the king so harsh?” he asked. At this time Arioch explained the situation to Daniel.

47. Daniel 2:16 מַלְכָּ֑אלְמַלְכָּֽא׃פ

    So Daniel went in and asked the king to give him some time, so that he could give him the interpretation.

48. Daniel 2:21 מַלְכִ֖יןמַלְכִ֑ין

    He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.

49. Daniel 2:23 מַלְכָּ֖א

    To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, because You have given me wisdom and power. And now You have made known to me what we have requested, for You have made known to us the dream of the king.”

50. Daniel 2:24 מַלְכָּ֔אמַלְכָּ֔אלְמַלְכָּ֥א

    Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon! Bring me before the king, and I will give him the interpretation.”