1 Esdras 2:21
“But to speake vnto our lord the king, to the intent that if it be thy pleasure, it may be sought out in the bookes of thy fathers:”
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1 Esdras 2:21 Context
19Now if this citie, and the walles thereof be made vp againe, they will not onely refuse to giue tribute, but also rebell against kings. 20And forasmuch as the things pertaining to the Temple, are now in hand, we thinke it meete not to neglect such a matter, 21But to speake vnto our lord the king, to the intent that if it be thy pleasure, it may be sought out in the bookes of thy fathers: 22And thou shalt finde in the Chronicles, what is written concerning these things, and shalt vnderstand that that citie was rebellious, troubling both kings and cities: 23And that the Iewes were rebellious, and raised alwayes warres therin, for the which cause euen this citie was made desolate.
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But to speak unto our lord the king, to the intent that, if it be thy pleasure it may be sought out in the books of thy fathers:
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