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Ezra 4:23

Ezra chapter 4 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.22And take heed that ye be not slack herein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

v.23This passage

v.24Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezra 4:17

    Thensent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River: Peace, and so forth.

  • Micah 2:1

    Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

  • Romans 3:15

    Their feet are swift to shed blood;

  • Proverbs 4:16

    For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

  • Ezra 4:8

    Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: