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

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15 “Their(A) feet are swift to shed blood;

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Woe to Evildoers

Woe to those who devise iniquity,
And [a]work out evil on their beds!
At (A)morning light they practice it,
Because it is in the power of their hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 2:1 Plan

16 (A)For they do not sleep unless they have done evil;
And their sleep is [a]taken away unless they make someone fall.

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  1. Proverbs 4:16 Lit. robbed

17 The king sent an answer:

To Rehum the commander, to Shimshai the scribe, to the rest of their companions who dwell in Samaria, and to the remainder beyond the River:

Peace, [a]and so forth.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:17 Lit. and now

[a]Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes in this fashion:

[b]From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions—representatives of (A)the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the people of Persia and Erech and Babylon and [c]Shushan, the Dehavites, the Elamites,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:8 The original language of Ezra 4:8 through 6:18 is Aramaic.
  2. Ezra 4:9 Lit. Then
  3. Ezra 4:9 Or Susa

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