H1836–דְּנָה–de.nah

This is a copy of the letter which they sent to Artaxerxes the king: Your servants living across the river send these words:

דְּנָה֙ de.Nah “this”

Now because we are responsible to the king, and it is not right for us to see the king's honour damaged, we have sent to give the king word of these things,

דְּנָ֔ה de.Nah “this”

So that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers: and you will see in the book of the records that this town has been uncontrolled, and a cause of trouble to kings and countries, and that there were outbursts against authority there

דְּנָ֔ה de.Nah “this”

We give you word, that if the building of this town and its walls is made complete, there will be an end of your power in the country across the river.

דְּנָ֔ה de.Nah “this”

Be certain to do this with all care: do not let trouble be increased to the king's damage.

דְּנָ֑ה de.Nah “this”

At the same time, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai, and their men, came to them and said, Who gave you orders to go on building this house and this wall?

דְנָה֙ de.Nah “this”דְנָ֖ה de.Nah “this”

Then they said these words to them: What are the names of the men who are at work on this building?

דְנָ֥ה de.Nah “this”

But the eye of their God was on the chiefs of the Jews, and they did not make them give up working till the question had been put before Darius and an answer had come by letter about it.

דְּנָֽה׃ de.Nah “this”

They sent him a letter saying, To Darius the king, all peace:

וְכִדְנָה֙ (דְנָה֙) d.Nah “this”

Then we said to the men responsible, who gave you authority for the building of this house and these walls?

דְנָה֙ de.Nah “this”דְנָ֖ה de.Nah “this”

And they made answer to us, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house which was put up in times long past and was designed and made complete by a great king of Israel.

דְּנָה֙ de.Nah “this”

But when the God of heaven was moved to wrath by our fathers, he gave them up into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, the Chaldaean, who sent destruction on this house and took the people away into Babylon.

דְנָה֙ de.Nah “this”

But in the first year of Cyrus, king of Babylon, Cyrus the king gave an order for the building of this house of God;

דְנָ֖ה de.Nah “this”

So now, if it seems good to the king, let search be made in the king's store-house at Babylon, to see if it is true that an order was given by Cyrus the king for the building of this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us word of his pleasur

דְּנָ֖ה de.Nah “this”

And I have given orders that if anyone makes any change in this word, one of the supports is to be pulled out of his house, and he is to be lifted up and fixed to it; and his house is to be made waste for this;

דְנָ֔ה de.Nah “this”דְּנָֽה׃ de.Nah “this”

And the building of this house was complete on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the rule of Darius the king.

דְנָ֔ה de.Nah “this”

And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of those who had come back, kept the feast of the opening of this house of God with joy.

דְנָ֖ה de.Nah “this”

And they gave as offerings at the opening of this house of God a hundred oxen, two hundred sheep, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, being the number of the tribes of Israel.

דְנָה֒ de.Nah “this”

So with this money get with care oxen, sheep, and lambs, with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, to be offered on the altar of the house of your God, which is in Jerusalem.

דְּנָה֩ de.Nah “this”דְנָ֗ה de.Nah “this”

In addition, we make it clear to you, that it will be against the law to put any tax or payment in goods or forced payment on any of the priests or Levites, the music-makers, door-keepers, Nethinim, or any servants of this house of God.

דְנָ֑ה de.Nah “this”

This is what you are to say to them: The gods who have not made the heavens and the earth will be cut off from the earth and from under the heavens.

כִּדְנָה֙ (דְנָה֙) d.Nah “this”

Then the Chaldaeans said to the king in answer, There is not a man on earth able to make clear the king's business; for no king, however great his power, has ever made such a request to any wonder-worker or user of secret arts or Chaldaean.

כִדְנָה֙ (דְנָה֙) d.Nah “this”

Because of this the king was angry and full of wrath, and gave orders for the destruction of all the wise men of Babylon.

דְּנָ֔ה de.Nah “this”

So that they might make a request for the mercy of the God of heaven in the question of this secret; so that Daniel and his friends might not come to destruction with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

דְּנָ֑ה de.Nah “this”

For this reason Daniel went to Arioch, to whom the king had given orders for the destruction of the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, Do not put to death the wise men of Babylon: take me in before the king and I will make clear to him the sense of th

דְּנָ֗ה de.Nah “this”