Ezra 4:23
Then when the copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force of arms.Ezra 4:23 · WEB
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- ગુજરાતી — એઝરા ૪:૨૩
- જ્યારે આર્તાહશાસ્તા રાજાનો આ પત્ર રહૂમ, શિમ્શાય તથા તેમના બીજા સાથીઓને વાંચી સંભળાવવામાં આવ્યો ત્યારે તેઓએ ઝડપથી યરુશાલેમ આવીને જોરજુલમથી યહૂદીઓને બાંધકામ કરતા અટકાવ્યા.
- हिन्दी — एज्रा ४:२३
- जब राजा अर्तक्षत्र की यह चिट्ठी रहूम और शिमशै मंत्री और उनके सहयोगियों को पढ़कर सुनाई गई, तब वे उतावली करके यरूशलेम को यहूदियों के पास गए और बलपूर्वक उनको रोक दिया।
In context
21Make a decree now to cause these men to cease, and that this city not be built until a decree is made by me.
22Be careful that you not be slack doing so. Why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
23Then when the copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force of arms.
24Then work stopped on God’s house which is at Jerusalem. It stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
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