Then I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, and if your servant has [found] favor in your presence, [I ask] that you send me to Judah, to the city of my ancestors' burial sites, so that I may rebuild it."

In it was written, "It has been reported among the nations, and Gashmu also is saying it, that you and the Jews are considering rebellion. Therefore, truly you are building the wall and you are becoming their king, according to these words.

So I sent to him saying, "None of these words you have spoken has happened. You are indeed saying [things] created in your own mind"--

You are righteous in everything that has come on us, for you dealt faithfully, and we have acted wickedly.