Ezra 4:23
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Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.When the text of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them.
In other translations
Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.When the text of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them.
Hebrew words
אֱדַיִן'edayinthenH116מִן־min-fromH4481דִּיdithatH1768פַּרְשֶׁגֶןparshegen[the] copy ofH6573נִשְׁתְּוָנָאnishtevana'letter theH5407דִּיdiofH1768אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּ'artachshasteArtaxerxesH783מַלְכָּאmalka'king theH4430קֱרִיkeriit was read aloudH7123קֳדָם־kodom-beforeH6925רְחוּםrechumRehumH7348וְשִׁמְשַׁיveshimshaiand ShimshaiH8124סָפְרָאsafera'scribe theH5613וּכְנָוָתְהוֹןukhenavatehonand associates theirH3675אֲזַלוּ'azaluthey wentH236בִבְהִילוּvivhiluin hasteH924לִירוּשְׁלֶםlirushelemto JerusalemH3390עַל־'al-toH5922יְהוּדָיֵאyehudaye'Jews theH3062וּבַטִּלוּuvatiluand they made to ceaseH989הִמּוֹhimothemH1994בְּאֶדְרָעbe'edra'with forceH153וְחָיִל׃ סvechayiland powerH2429
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Related verses
- Ezra 4:8-98 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: 9 Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,8 Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows: 9 From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,
- Ezra 4:17Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings.
- Proverbs 4:16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
- Romans 3:15Their feet are swift to shed blood:“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
- Micah 2:1Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
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People and places
People: Artaxerxes, Judah, Rehum (Ezra 4), Shimshai
Places: Jerusalem