Ezra 4:22

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Moreover, take care not to be slack in this matter; why should damage grow to the hurt of the king?”

Cross References

Ezra 4:13

Now may it be known to the king that, if this city is rebuilt and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and the royal revenue will be reduced.

Ezra 4:21

Therefore issue an order that these people be made to cease and that this city not be rebuilt, until I make a decree.

Ezra 4:23

Then when the copy of King Artaxerxes’s letter was read before Rehum and the scribe Shimshai and their associates, they hurried to the Jews in Jerusalem and by force and power made them cease.

Daniel 6:2

and over them three administrators, one of whom was Daniel; to these the satraps gave account, so that the king might suffer no loss.

Daniel 6:3

Soon Daniel distinguished himself above the other administrators and satraps because an excellent spirit was in him, and the king planned to appoint him over the whole kingdom.