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Ezra 4:17–22 · BSB
4:17 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.
4:18 The letter you sent us has been translated and read in my presence.
4:19 I issued a decree, and a search was conducted. It was discovered that this city has revolted against kings from ancient times, engaging in rebellion and sedition.
4:20 And mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates; and tribute, duty, and toll were paid to them.
4:21 Now, therefore, issue an order for these men to stop, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order.
4:22 See that you do not neglect this matter. Why allow this threat to increase and the royal interests to suffer?
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…servant, and the request Nehemiah is about to make concerns a politically sensitive city. If you were to go back, and I think you should later, inEzra chapter 4, verse 17 through 22, it records that King Artaxerxes ordered Jerusalem's rebuilding stopped after there were accusations that the city posed a threat to the reign and…
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