H4430–מֶ֫לֶךְ–me.lekh

Rehum, the chief ruler, and Shimshai the scribe, sent a letter against Jerusalem, to Artaxerxes the king;

מַלְכָּ֖א (מַלְכָּ֖) mal.Ka “king”

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

מַלְכָּ֑א (מַלְכָּ֑) mal.Ka “king”

We give news to the king that the Jews who came from you have come to us at Jerusalem; they are building up again that uncontrolled and evil town; the walls are complete and they are joining up the bases.

לְמַלְכָּ֔א (מַלְכָּ֔) mal.Ka “king”

The king may be certain that when the building of this town and its walls is complete, they will give no tax or payment in goods or forced payments, and in the end it will be a cause of loss to the kings.

לְמַלְכָּ֔א (מַלְכָּ֔) mal.Ka “king”מַלְכִ֖ים mal.Khim “kings”

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,

מַלְכָּ֔א (מַלְכָּ֔) mal.Ka “king”לְמַלְכָּֽא׃ (מַלְכָּֽ) mal.Ka “king”

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

מַלְכִין֙ mal.Khin “<of> kings”

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.

לְמַלְכָּ֔א (מַלְכָּ֔) mal.Ka “king”

Then the king sent an answer to Rehum, the chief ruler, and Shimshai the scribe, and their friends living in Samaria, and to the rest of those across the river, saying, Peace to you:

מַלְכָּ֗א (מַלְכָּ֗) mal.Ka “king”

And I gave orders for a search to be made, and it is certain that in the past this town has made trouble for kings, and that outbursts against authority have taken place there.

מַלְכִ֖ין mal.Khin “kings”

Further, there have been great kings in Jerusalem, ruling over all the country across the river, to whom they gave taxes and payments in goods and forced payments.

וּמַלְכִ֣ין (מַלְכִ֣ין) mal.Khin “kings”

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

מַלְכִֽין׃ mal.Khin “kings”

Then, after reading the king's letter, Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their friends went quickly to Jerusalem, to the Jews, and had them stopped by force.

מַלְכָּ֔א (מַלְכָּ֔) mal.Ka “king”

So the work of the house of God at Jerusalem came to an end; so it was stopped, till the second year of the rule of Darius, king of Persia.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

This is a copy of the letter which Tattenai, the ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and his friends the Apharsachites, living across the river, sent to Darius the king:

מַלְכָּֽא׃ (מַלְכָּֽ) mal.Ka “king”

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

מַלְכָּ֖א (מַלְכָּ֖) mal.Ka “king”

This is to give the king word that we went into the land of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is made of great stones, and has its walls supported with wood, and the work is going on with industry, and they are doing it well.

לְמַלְכָּ֗א (מַלְכָּ֗) mal.Ka “king”

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.

וּמֶ֤לֶךְ (מֶ֤לֶךְ) Me.lekh “a king”

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.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

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

מַלְכָּ֖א (מַלְכָּ֖) mal.Ka “king”מַלְכָּא֙ (מַלְכָּ) mal.Ka “king”

And the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the Temple which was in Jerusalem, and put into the house of his god in Babylon, these Cyrus the king took from the house of his god in Babylon, and gave to one named She

מַלְכָּ֗א (מַלְכָּ֗) mal.Ka “king”

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

מַלְכָּ֣א (מַלְכָּ֣) mal.Ka “king”מַלְכָּ֣א (מַלְכָּ֣) mal.Ka “king”מַלְכָּא֙ (מַלְכָּ) mal.Ka “king”מַלְכָּ֛א (מַלְכָּ֛) mal.Ka “king”

Then Darius the king gave an order and a search was made in the house of the records, where the things of value were stored up in Babylon.

מַלְכָּ֖א (מַלְכָּ֖) mal.Ka “king”

In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made an order: In connection with the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be put up, the place where they make offerings, and let the earth for the bases be put in place; let it be sixty cubits hig

מַלְכָּ֗א (מַלְכָּ֗) mal.Ka “king”מַלְכָּא֮ (מַלְכָּ) mal.Ka “king”

With three lines of great stones and one line of new wood supports; and let the necessary money be given out of the king's store-house;

מַלְכָּ֖א (מַלְכָּ֖) mal.Ka “king”

Further, I give orders as to what you are to do for the responsible men of the Jews in connection with the building of this house of God: that from the king's wealth, that is, from the taxes got together in the land over the river, the money needed is to

מַלְכָּ֗א (מַלְכָּ֗) mal.Ka “king”