1 Kings 21:8-13

8 aSo she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and she sent the letters to bthe elders and the leaders who lived with Naboth in his city. 9And she wrote in the letters, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people. 10And set two cworthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, d‘You have cursed
Hebrew blessed; also verse 13
God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
11And the men of his city, fthe elders and the leaders who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them. As it was written in the letters that she had sent to them, 12 gthey proclaimed a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people. 13And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.

2 Kings 10:1-7

Jehu Slaughters Ahab’s Descendants

1Now Ahab had seventy sons in hSamaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of the city,
Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew  rulers of Jezreel
to the elders, and to jthe guardians of the sons
Hebrew lacks  of the sons
of Ahab, saying,
2Now then, as soon as this letter comes to you, seeing your master’s sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, fortified cities also, and weapons, 3select the best and fittest of your master’s sons and set him on his father’s throne and fight for your master’s house.” 4But they were exceedingly afraid and said, “Behold, the two kings could not stand before him. How then can we stand?” 5So he who was over the palace, and he who was over the city, together with the elders and the guardians, sent to Jehu, saying, l“We are your servants, and we will do all that you tell us. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in your eyes.” 6Then he wrote to them a second letter, saying, “If you are on my side, and if you are ready to obey me, take the heads of your master’s sons and come to me at Jezreel tomorrow at this time.” Now the king’s sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, mwho were bringing them up. 7And as soon as the letter came to them, they took the king’s sons nand slaughtered them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets and sent them to him at Jezreel.

2 Kings 19:9

9 oNow the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, “Behold, he has set out to fight against you.” So he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,

2 Kings 19:14

Hezekiah’s Prayer

14Hezekiah received pthe letter from the hand of the messengers and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord and spread it before the Lord.

2 Chronicles 32:17

17And he wrote letters to cast contempt on the Lord, the God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, “Like the gods of the nations of the lands who have not delivered their people from my hands, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver his people from my hand.”

Ezra 4:7-16

The Letter to King Artaxerxes

7In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam and qMithredath and Tabeel and the rest of their associates wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia. The letter was written rin Aramaic and translated.
Hebrew  written in Aramaic and translated in Aramaic, indicating that 4:8–6:18 is in Aramaic; another interpretation is  The letter was written in the Aramaic script and set forth in the Aramaic language
8Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows: 9Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates, the tjudges, the ugovernors, the officials, the Persians, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, that is, the vElamites, 10and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble wOsnappar deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River. 11(This is a copy of the letter that they sent.) “To Artaxerxes the king: Your servants, the men of the province Beyond the River, send greeting. And now 12be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from you to us have gone to Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are xfinishing the walls and repairing the foundations. 13Now be it known to the king that if this city is rebuilt and the walls finished, they will not pay ytribute, custom, or toll, and the royal revenue will be impaired. 14Now because we eat the salt of the palace and it is not fitting for us to witness the king’s dishonor, therefore we send and inform the king, 15in order that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will find in the book of the records and learn that this city is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it from of old. That was why this city was laid waste. 16We make known to the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls finished, you will then have no possession in the province Beyond the River.”

Nehemiah 6:5

5In the same way Sanballat for the fifth time sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand.

Nehemiah 6:17

17Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.
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