Ezra 4:23-24

The King Orders the Work to Cease

²³ Then, when the copy of King Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their associates, they went in haste to the Jews at Jerusalem and by force and power made them cease. ²⁴ Then the work on the house of God that is in Jerusalem stopped, and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Matthew Henry Concise

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Ezra 4:23

Strong's Concordance

Ezra 4:23

NowH116 whenH1768 theH4481 copyH6573 of kingH4430 Artaxerxes'H783 letterH5407 was readH7123 beforeH6925 Rehum,H7348 and ShimshaiH8124 the scribe,H5613 and their companions,H3675 they went upH236 in hasteH924 to JerusalemH3390 untoH5922 the Jews,H3062 and made themH1994 to ceaseH989 by forceH153 and power.H2429

Notes

Ezra 4:23 - 24

Then, when the copy of King Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their associates, they went in haste to the Jews at Jerusalem and by force and power made them cease. Then the work on the house of God that is in Jerusalem stopped, and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. ...

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