The King Orders the Work to Cease
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The king sent an answer: "To Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their associates who live in Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River, greeting. And now
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the letter that you sent to us has been 1plainly read before me.
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And I made a decree, and search has been made, and it has been found that this city from of old has risen against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made in it.
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And mighty kings have been over Jerusalem, 2who ruled over the whole province Beyond the River, to whom 3tribute, custom, and toll were paid.
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Therefore make a decree that these men be made to cease, and that this city be not rebuilt, until a decree is made by me.
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And take care not to be slack in this matter. Why should damage grow to the hurt of the king?"
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Then, when the copy of King Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their associates, they went in haste to the Jews at Jerusalem and by force and power made them cease.
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Then the work on the house of God that is in Jerusalem stopped, and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
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Esdras 4:17
Então o rei enviou esta resposta a Reum, o comandante, e a Sinsai, o escrivão, e aos demais seus companheiros, que habitavam em Samária e no restante do país a oeste do Rio: 'Paz.
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Ezra 4:17
The king sent an answer: To Rehum the commander, to Shimshai the scribe, to the rest of their companions who dwell in Samaria, and to the remainder beyond the River: Peace, and so forth.
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Esdras 4:17
O rei enviou-lhes a seguinte resposta:“Ao comandante Reum, ao secretário Sinsai e aos seus demais companheiros que vivem em Samaria e em outras partes, a oeste do Eufrates:Saudações de paz!
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