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Then the kingsent an answer to Rehum the commander*, to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their colleagueswholive in Samaria and in the rest of the provinces beyond the River: "Peace. And now
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"A decree has been issued by me, and a search has been made and it has been discovered that that city has risen up against the kings in pastdays, that rebellion and revolt have been perpetrated in it,