Artexerxes the king, and came to Esdras the priest and reader of
the law of the Lord, is this that followeth;

1Esdr 8:9
King Artexerxes unto Esdras the priest and reader of the law
of the Lord sendeth greeting:

1Esdr 8:10
Having determined to deal graciously, I have given order,
that such of the nation of the Jews, and of the priests and
Levites being within our realm, as are willing and desirous
should go with thee unto Jerusalem.

1Esdr 8:11
As many therefore as have a mind thereunto, let them depart
with thee, as it hath seemed good both to me and my seven
friends the counsellors;

1Esdr 8:12
That they may look unto the affairs of Judea and Jerusalem,
agreeably to that which is in the law of the Lord;

1Esdr 8:13
And carry the gifts unto the Lord of Israel to Jerusalem,
which I and my friends have vowed, and all the gold and silver
that in the country of Babylon can be found, to the Lord in
Jerusalem,

1Esdr 8:14
With that also which is given of the people for the temple of