7 And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the ^xgovernors of the province Beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah,

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9 Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent with me officers of the ^aarmy and horsemen.