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

Then the people ^H5971 of the land ^H776 [fn]discouraged ^H7503 H3027 the people ^H5971 of Judah ^H3063, and frightened ^H1089 them from building ^H1129,

Now in the reign ^H4438 of [fn]Ahasuerus ^H325, in the beginning ^H8462 of his reign ^H4438, they wrote ^H3789 an accusation ^H7855 against ^H5921 the inhabitants ^H3427 of Judah ^H3063 and Jerusalem ^H3389.

And in the days ^H3117 of [fn]Artaxerxes ^H783, Bishlam ^H1312, Mithredath ^H4990, Tabeel ^H2870, and the rest ^H7605 of his colleagues ^H3674 wrote ^H3789 to Artaxerxes ^H783 king ^H4428 of Persia ^H6539; and the [fn]text ^H3791 of the letter ^H5406 was written ^H3789 in Aramaic ^H762 and translated ^H8638 from Aramaic ^H762.

“To King ^H4430 Artaxerxes ^H783: Your servants ^H5649, the men ^H606 of the region ^H5675 beyond ^H5675 the Euphrates River ^H5103; and now ^H3706

Then the king ^H4430 sent ^H7972 a response ^H6600 to Rehum ^H7348 the commander ^H1169 H2942, Shimshai ^H8124 the scribe ^H5613, and to the rest ^H7606 of their colleagues ^H3675 who ^H1768 live ^H3488 in Samaria ^H8115 and in the rest ^H7606 of the provinces beyond ^H5675 the Euphrates River ^H5103: “Peace ^H8001. And now ^H3706,

Then ^H116 as soon ^H4481 H1768 as the copy ^H6573 of King ^H4430 Artaxerxes’ ^H783 decree ^H5407 was read ^H7123 before ^H6925 Rehum ^H7348 and Shimshai ^H8124 the scribe ^H5613 and their colleagues ^H3675, they went ^H236 in a hurry ^H924 to Jerusalem ^H3390 to the Jews ^H3062 and stopped ^H989 them by military ^H2429 force ^H153.

Then ^H116 work ^H5673 on the house ^H1005 of God ^H426 in Jerusalem ^H3390 was discontinued ^H989, and it was stopped ^H989 until ^H5704 the second ^H8648 year ^H8140 of the reign ^H4437 of Darius ^H1868 king ^H4430 of Persia ^H6540.