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they approachedZerubbabel and the heads of fathers' households, and said to them, "Let us build with you, for we, like you, seek your God; and we have been sacrificing to Him since the days of Esarhaddonking of Assyria, who brought us up here."
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But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of fathers' households of Israelsaid to them, "You have nothing in common with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves will togetherbuild to the LORDGod of Israel, as KingCyrus, the king of Persia has commanded us."
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And in the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his colleagueswrote to Artaxerxesking of Persia; and the text of the letter was written in Aramaic and translated from Aramaic.