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Verse	Translation	Text
Ezr 4:18	King James	The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Hath been ... read - It is doubtful if the Persian monarchs could ordinarily read. At any rate, it was their habit to have documents read to them (compare Est 6:1). This is still the ordinary practice in Eastern courts.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Hath been ... read - It is doubtful if the Persian monarchs could ordinarily read. At any rate, it was their habit to have documents read to them (compare Est 6:1). This is still the ordinary practice in Eastern courts.

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¹ On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.