Most Popular Bible Verses in Ezra 4
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and hired counselors against them to frustrate their counsel all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Now in the reign of
And in the days of
then wrote Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and
Now when
and the rest of the nations which the great and honorable
Now let it be known to the king, that if that city is rebuilt and the walls are finished,
they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers’ households, and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we, like you, seek your God;
Now because we
let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem; they are rebuilding
this is the copy of the letter which they sent to him:“To King Artaxerxes: Your servants, the men in the region beyond the River, and now
Then work on the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it was stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
so that a search may be made in the record books of your fathers. And you will discover in the record books and learn that that city is a rebellious city and damaging to kings and provinces, and that they have incited revolt within it in past days; therefore that city was laid waste.
Then as soon as the copy of King Artaxerxes’ document was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their colleagues, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews and stopped them by force of arms.
Then the king sent an answer to Rehum the commander, to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their colleagues who live in Samaria and in the rest of the provinces beyond the River: “Peace. And now
But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of fathers’ households of Israel said to them, “
We inform the king that if that city is rebuilt and the walls finished, as a result you will have no possession in the province beyond the River.”
Then
Beware of being negligent in carrying out this matter; why should damage increase to the detriment of the kings?”
So, now issue a decree to make these men stop work, that this city may not be rebuilt until a decree is issued by me.