Ezr 4:7 | HCSB | STEP | During the time of King Artaxerxes of Persia , Bishlam , Mithredath , Tabeel and the rest of his colleagues wrote to King Artaxerxes . The letter was written in Aramaic and translated .

e Ezr 4:8-6:18 is written in Aram.

Ezra 4:7

7 During the time of King Artaxerxes of Persia, ^{▼▼Artaxerxes reigned 465-425 b.c.
,} ^b Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his colleagues wrote to King Artaxerxes. The letter was written in Aramaic ^c and translated. ^{▼▼Lit translated. Aramaic:
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