17The king sent an answer: “To Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their associates who live in Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River, greeting. And now
The king is Artaxerxes I, who reigned from 464 to 424 BC. This is the same king who would later allow the walls to be rebuilt in the time of Nehemiah.
17 The king sent an answer: “To Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their associates who live in Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River, greeting. And now