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Ezra 4:22-24
English Standard Version
Ezra 4:22-24
English Standard Version
22 And take care not to be slack in this matter. Why should damage grow to the hurt of the king?”
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.
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Ezra 4:22-24
New International Version
Ezra 4:22-24
New International Version
22 Be careful not to neglect this matter. Why let this threat grow, to the detriment of the royal interests?(A)
23 As soon as the copy of the letter of King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum and Shimshai the secretary and their associates,(B) they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and compelled them by force to stop.
24 Thus the work on the house of God in Jerusalem came to a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius(C) king of Persia.
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