Ezra 4:23

New Century Version

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.

Cross References

Ezra 4:17

King Artaxerxes sent this answer: To Rehum the governor and Shimshai the secretary, to all their fellow workers living in Samaria, and to those in other places in Trans-Euphrates. Greetings.

Ezra 4:22

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

Ezra 4:24

So the work on the Temple of God in Jerusalem stopped until the second year Darius was king of Persia.

Ezra 4:7

When Artaxerxes became king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and those with them wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. It was written in the Aramaic language and translated.

Proverbs 4:16

because they cannot sleep until they do evil. They cannot rest until they harm someone.

Micah 2:1

How terrible it will be for people who plan wickedness, who lie on their beds and make evil plans. When the morning light comes, they do what they planned, because they have the power to do so.

Romans 3:15

“They are always ready to kill people.