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Ezra 4 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Enemies Hinder the Work

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Now when the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the people of the exile were building a temple to the LORD God of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:2 - they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers’ households, and said to them, “Let us build with you, for like you, we seek your God; and we have been sacrificing to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:3 - But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of fathers’ households of Israel said to them, “You have nothing in common with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves will together build for the LORD God of Israel, just as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us.”

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Then the people of the land [fn]discouraged the people of Judah, and frightened them from building,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:5 - and bribed advisers against them to frustrate their advice all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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Now in the reign of [fn]Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

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And in the days of [fn]Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his colleagues wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the [fn]text of the letter was written in Aramaic and translated from Aramaic.

The Letter to King Artaxerxes

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:8 - [fn]Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes, as follows—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:9 - [fn]Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues, the judges and the lesser governors, the officials, the secretaries, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, that is, the Elamites,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:10 - and the rest of the nations which the great and honorable [fn]Osnappar deported and settled in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the region beyond the Euphrates River. And now

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:11 - this is a copy of the letter which they sent to him:

“To King Artaxerxes: Your servants, the men of the region beyond the Euphrates River; and now

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:12 - let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem; they are rebuilding the rebellious and evil city and are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:13 - “Now let it be known to the king, that if that city is rebuilt and the walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, custom tax, or toll, and it will [fn]be detrimental to the revenue of the kings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:14 - “Now because we [fn]are in the service of the palace, and it is not fitting for us to see the king’s shame, for this reason we have sent word and informed the king,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:15 - so that a search may be conducted in the record books of your fathers. And you will discover in the record books and learn that that city is a rebellious city and detrimental to kings and provinces, and that they have revolted within it in past days; for this reason that city was laid waste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:16 - “We are informing the king that if that city is rebuilt and the walls finished, then as a result of this you will have no possession in the province beyond the Euphrates River.”

The King Replies and Work Stops

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Then the king sent a response to Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their colleagues who live in Samaria and in the rest of the provinces beyond the Euphrates River: “Peace. And now,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:18 - the document which you sent to us has been [fn]translated and read before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:19 - “And a decree has been [fn]issued by me, and a search has been conducted and it has been discovered that that city has risen up against the kings in past days, and that rebellion and revolt have been perpetrated in it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:20 - that mighty kings have [fn]ruled over Jerusalem, governing all the provinces beyond the Euphrates River, and that tribute, custom tax, and toll were paid to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:21 - “Now issue a decree to make those men stop work, so that this city will not be rebuilt until a decree is issued by me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:22 - “And beware of being negligent in carrying out this matter; why should there be great damage, to the detriment of the kings?”

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Then as soon as the copy of King Artaxerxes’ decree was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their colleagues, they went in a hurry to Jerusalem to the Jews and stopped them by military force.

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Then work on the house of God in Jerusalem was discontinued, and it was stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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NASB20 Footnotes
Lit slackened the hands of
Or Xerxes; Heb Ahash-verosh
Heb Artah-shashta
Lit writing
Chs 4:8-6:18 are in Aram
Uncertain, MT Then Rehum
I.e., prob. Ashurbanipal
Or certainly be...to the kings
Lit eat the salt of
Lit clearly read
Lit put forth
Lit been
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Ezra Chapter 4 — Additional Translations:

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