Ezra 4:23

New International Version

As soon as the copy of the letter of King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum and Shimshai the secretary and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and compelled them by force to stop.

Cross References

Ezra 4:17

The king sent this reply: To Rehum the commanding officer, Shimshai the secretary and the rest of their associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in Trans-Euphrates: Greetings.

Ezra 4:22

Be careful not to neglect this matter. Why let this threat grow, to the detriment of the royal interests?

Ezra 4:24

Thus the work on the house of God in Jerusalem came to a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Ezra 4:7

And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. The letter was written in Aramaic script and in the Aramaic language.

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it.

Romans 3:15

“Their feet are swift to shed blood;