Ezr 5:6, 6:6, 13, 7:21, Neh 2:7-9 | ESV | STEP | This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and Shethar-bozenai and his associates , the governors who were in the province Beyond the River , sent to Darius the king .

a[See ver. 3 above]

b[ch. 4:9]

c ch. 5:3, 6

d ch. 5:6

f[See ver. 6 above]

g Ezra 8:36

h ch. 7:2

i ver. 18; See Ezra 7:6

j Ezra 8:36

Ezra 5:6

Tattenai’s Letter to King Darius

6 This is a copy of the letter that ^aTattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and Shethar-bozenai and his associates, the ^bgovernors who were in the province Beyond the River, sent to Darius the king.

Ezra 6:6

6 “Now therefore, ^cTattenai, governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, ^dand your ^{▼▼Aramaic their} associates the governors who are in the province Beyond the River, keep away.

Ezra 6:13

The Temple Finished and Dedicated

13 Then, according to the word sent by Darius the king, ^fTattenai, the governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates did with all diligence what Darius the king had ordered.

Ezra 7:21

21 “And I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers in the province Beyond the River: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, requires of you, let it be done with all diligence,

Nehemiah 2:7-9

7 And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me ^gto the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah, 8 and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of ^hthe fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy.” And the king granted me what I asked, ⁱfor the good hand of my God was upon me.

Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem’s Walls

9 Then I came to ^jthe governors of the province Beyond the River and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen.