Ezra 4:23

American Standard Version 2015

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.

Cross References

Romans 3:15

{\b Their feet are swift to shed blood;}

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.

Proverbs 4:16

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

Ezra 4:17

{\i Then} sent 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 {\i of the country} beyond the River: Peace, and so forth.

Ezra 4:7

And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian {\i character}, and set forth in the Syrian {\i tongue}.

Ezra 4:22

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

Ezra 4:24

Then 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.\par