Ezra 4:13; Ezra 4:16; Ezra 5:17; Ezra 7:26

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Ezra 4:13

13 Furthermore, the king should know that if this city is built and its walls are restored, no more taxes, tribute or duty will be paid, and eventually the royal revenues will suffer.
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Ezra 4:16

16 We inform the king that if this city is built and its walls are restored, you will be left with nothing in Trans-Euphrates.
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Ezra 5:17

17 Now if it pleases the king, let a search be made in the royal archives of Babylon to see if King Cyrus did in fact issue a decree to rebuild this house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.
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Ezra 7:26

26 Whoever does not obey the law of your God and the law of the king must surely be punished by death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.
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