I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.
I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all the treasurers west of the Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law
Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officer
They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates, who procee
Therefore Darius decreed: To Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates
For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, sin