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Ezra 4:24

DariusJerusalemPersia

22 See that you do not neglect this matter. Why allow this threat to increase and the royal interests to suffer?

23 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.

Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
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BSB
Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
KJV
Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
WEB
Then work stopped on God’s house which is at Jerusalem. It stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
ASV
Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
DARBY
Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
BLB
Then ceased the work of the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem. And it was discontinued until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
ÅB
Da stanset arbeidet på Guds hus i Jerusalem, og det ble intet gjort med det før i det annet år av perserkongen Darius' regjering.
[^1]: vestenfor.
[^2]: ESR 4, 10.
OTB
Slik opphørte arbeidet på Guds hus i Jerusalem, og det ble stoppet inntil det andre året av Dareios, kongen av Persia.
B1930
Da stanset arbeidet på Guds hus i Jerusalem, og det blev intet gjort med det før i det annet år av perserkongen Darius' regjering.

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Cross references

  • Haggai 1:15

    on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.

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  • Ezra 6:1

    Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.

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  • Job 20:5

    the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

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  • Nehemiah 6:9

    For they were all trying to frighten us, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will never be finished.” But now, my God, strengthen my hands.

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  • Nehemiah 6:3

    So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”

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  • Ezra 5:5

    But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, so that they were not stopped until a report was sent to Darius and written instructions about this matter were returned.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:18

    For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.

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