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Ezra 4:23

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Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.

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  1. Ezra 4:21

    Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.

  2. Ezra 4:22

    Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

  3. Ezra 4:24

    Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.