Ezra 4:22

New Century Version

Make sure you do this, because if they continue, it will hurt the government.

Cross References

Ezra 4:13

Now, King Artaxerxes, you should know that if Jerusalem is built and its walls are fixed, Jerusalem will not pay taxes of any kind. Then the amount of money your government collects will be less.

Ezra 4:21

Now, give an order for those men to stop work. The city of Jerusalem will not be rebuilt until I say so.

Ezra 4:23

A copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes sent was read to Rehum and Shimshai the secretary and the others. Then they quickly went to the Jewish people in Jerusalem and forced them to stop building.

Daniel 6:2

He chose three men as supervisors over those governors, and Daniel was one of the supervisors. The supervisors were to ensure that the governors did not try to cheat the king.

Daniel 6:3

Daniel showed that he could do the work better than the other supervisors and governors, so the king planned to put Daniel in charge of the whole kingdom.