Ezra 4:23

God's Word

Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and their group hurried to Jerusalem after hearing a copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter. They forced the Jews to stop rebuilding.

Cross References

Ezra 4:17

Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their group living in Samaria, and to others west of the Euphrates River: I wish you peace and prosperity!

Ezra 4:22

Be careful not to neglect your duty in this matter. Why should I, the king, suffer any more harm?

Ezra 4:24

Then the work on God’s temple in Jerusalem was stopped. Nothing more was done until Darius’ second year as king of Persia.

Ezra 4:7

Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their group wrote to him when Artaxerxes was king of Persia. The letter was written with the Aramaic script and translated into the Aramaic language.

Proverbs 4:16

Wicked people cannot sleep unless they do wrong, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they make someone stumble.

Micah 2:1

How horrible it will be for those who invent trouble and work out plans for disaster while in bed. When the morning dawns, they carry out their plans because they are able to.

Romans 3:15

They run quickly to murder people.