The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and
then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.
EZR 5:6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the
river, and Shetharboznai and his companions the Apharsachites, which
were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
EZR 5:7 They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto
Darius the king, all peace.
EZR 5:8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of
Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great
stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on,
and prospereth in their hands.
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