Ezra 4:21
Make a decree now to cause these men to cease, and that this city not be built until a decree is made by me.
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Ezra 4:21
Make a decree now to cause these men to cease, and that this city not be built until a decree is made by me.
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Ezra 4:4
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building.
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Ezra 4:14
Now because we eat the salt of the palace and it is not appropriate for us to see the king’s dishonor, therefore we have sent and informed the king,
Ezra 4:15
that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will see in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and provinces, and that they have started rebellions within it in the past. That is why this city was destroyed.
Ezra 4:16
We inform the king that if this city is built and the walls finished, then you will have no possession beyond the River.
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Ezra 4:17
Then the king sent an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions who live in Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River: Peace.
Ezra 4:18
The letter which you sent to us has been plainly read before me.
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Ezra 4:24
Then 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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