以斯拉记 4:15

请王考察先王的实录，必在其上查知这城是反叛的城，与列王和各省有害；自古以来，其中常有悖逆的事，因此这城曾被拆毁。

qǐng wáng kǎo chá xiān wáng de shí lù ， bì zài qí shàng chá zhī zhè chéng shì fǎn pàn de chéng ， yǔ liè wáng hé gè shěng yǒu hài ； zì gǔ yǐ lái ， qí zhōng cháng yǒu bèi nì de shì ， yīn cǐ zhè chéng céng bèi chāi huǐ 。

that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will see in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and provinces, and that they have started rebellions within it in the past. That is why this city was destroyed.