16 We advise the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, you will have no dominion west of the Euphrates. 17 Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings. 18 The letter you sent us has been translated and read in my presence.
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