Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, duty, or land tax, and the royal revenue will suffer.
Ezra 4:22 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised See that you not neglect this matter. Otherwise, the damage will increase and the royal interests will suffer. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Be sure that you do this. Why should damage grow, to the hurt of the kings? American Standard Version (1901) And take heed that ye be not slack herein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? Common English Bible Be sure to carry out this order! Why should danger grow and threaten the king? Catholic Public Domain Version See to it that you are not negligent in fulfilling this, otherwise, little by little, the evil may increase against the kings." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version See that you be not negligent in executing this, lest by little and little the evil grow to the hurt of the kings. |
Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, duty, or land tax, and the royal revenue will suffer.
Therefore, issue an order for these men to stop, so that this city will not be rebuilt until a further decree has been pronounced by me.
As soon as the text of King Artaxerxes’s letter was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their colleagues, they immediately went to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them.
and over them three administrators, including Daniel. These satraps would be accountable to them so that the king would not be defrauded.
Daniel distinguished himself above the administrators and satraps because he had an extraordinary spirit, so the king planned to set him over the whole realm.