1 Esdras 4:48
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
He wrote letters also unto the lieutenants that were in Celosyria and Phenice, and unto them in Libanus, that they should bring cedar wood from Libanus unto Jerusalem, and that they should build the city with him.
Greek · Brenton
Καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς τοπάρχαις ἐν κοίλῃ Συρίᾳ, καὶ Φοινίκῃ, καὶ τοῖς ἐν τῷ Λιβάνω ἔγραψεν ἐπιστολὰς, μεταφέρειν ξύλα κέδρινα ἀπὸ τοῦ Λιβάνου εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ὅπως οἰκοδομήσωσι μετʼ αὐτοῦ τὴν πόλιν.