Ezra 4:22

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And 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 be it 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 impaired.

Ezra 4:21

Therefore make a decree that these men be made to cease, and that this city be not rebuilt, until a decree is made by me.

Ezra 4:23

Then, when the copy of King Ar-ta-xerxes' letter was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their associates, they went in haste to the Jews at Jerusalem and by force and power made them cease.

Daniel 6:2

and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one, to whom these satraps should give account, so that the king might suffer no loss.

Daniel 6:3

Then this Daniel became distinguished above all the other presidents and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.