Ezra 4:21 "So, now3705 issue7761 a decree2942 to make these479 men1400 stop989work, that this1791 city7149 may not be rebuilt1124 until5704 a decree2942 is issued7761 by me.
Ezra 4:23 ¶ Then116 as soon4481,1768 as the copy6573 of King4430 Artaxerxes'783b document5407 was read7123 before6925 Rehum7348b and Shimshai8124 the scribe5613a and their colleagues3675, they went236 in haste924 to Jerusalem3390 to the Jews3062 and stopped989 them by force153 of arms2429.
Ezra 4:24 ¶ Then116 work5673 on the house1005 of God426 in Jerusalem3390 ceased989, and it was stopped989 until5704 the second8648 year8140 of the reign4437 of Darius1868 king4430 of Persia6540.
Ezra 5:5 But the eye5870a of their God426 was on the elders7868 of the Jews3062, and they did not stop989 them until5705 a report2942 could come1981 to Darius1868, and then116 a written5407 reply5407 be returned8421 concerning5922 it.
Ezra 6:8 "Moreover, I issue7761 a decree2942 concerning what4101,1768 you are to do5648 for these479 elders7868 of Judah3062 in the rebuilding1124 of this1791 house1005 of God426: the full629 cost5313 is to be paid3052 to these479 people1400 from the royal4430 treasury5232 out of the taxes4061 of the provinces beyond5675 the River5103, and that without3809 delay989.