For the king had sent letters by messengers unto Jerusalem and the cities of Juda that they should follow the strange laws of the land,
WEB
The king sent letters by the hand of messengers to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, that they should follow laws strange to the land,
DRC1:46
And the king sent letters by the hands of messengers to Jerusalem, and to all the cities of Juda: that they should follow the law of the nations of the earth,
LXXE
For the king had sent letters by messengers unto Jerusalem and the cities of Juda, that they should follow the strange laws of the land,