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Ezra 4:14
King James Version (1769 Blayney revision, with Apocrypha) · Berean Standard Bible
Now because we have maintenance from the king’s palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king’s dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;
Now because we are in the service of the palace (note: Literally because the salt of the palace is our salt) and it is not fitting for us to allow the king to be dishonored, we have sent to inform the king