World English Bible (WEB)
"Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power."
The return from exile and rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.
Old Testament • Book #15
Make a decree now to cause these men to cease, and that this city not be built, until a decree shall...
Ezra 4:22Take heed that you not be slack herein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
Ezra 4:24Then ceased the work of God's house which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased until the second year of th...
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