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Ezra 4:22-24
Contemporary English Version

22 Do this at once, so that no harm will come to the kingdom.

23 As soon as this letter was read, Governor Rehum, Secretary Shimshai, and their advisors went to Jerusalem and forced everyone to stop rebuilding the city.

Work on the Temple Starts Again

24 (A) The Jews were forced to stop work on the temple and were not able to do any more building until the year after Darius became king of Persia.[a]

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  1. 4.24 year after … king of Persia: 520 b.c.
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