Ezr 4:20, 7:24, Neh 5:4 | ESV | STEP | And mighty kings have been over Jerusalem , who ruled over the whole province Beyond the River , to whom tribute , custom , and toll were paid .

a 1 Kgs. 4:21; Ps. 72:8; [Gen. 15:18; Josh. 1:4]

Ezra 4:20

20 And mighty kings have been over Jerusalem, ^awho ruled over the whole province Beyond the River, to whom ^btribute, custom, and toll were paid.

Ezra 7:24

24 We also notify you that it shall not be lawful to impose ^ctribute, custom, or toll on anyone of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the doorkeepers, the temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.

Nehemiah 5:4

4 And there were those who said, “We have borrowed money for ^dthe king’s tax on our fields and our vineyards.