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|Esdras 4:17|
Then the king sent an answer to Rehum, the chief ruler, and Shimshai the scribe, and their friends living in Samaria, and to the rest of those across the river, saying, Peace to you:
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18
|Esdras 4:18|
And now the sense of the letter which you sent to us has been made clear to me,
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19
|Esdras 4:19|
And I gave orders for a search to be made, and it is certain that in the past this town has made trouble for kings, and that outbursts against authority have taken place there.
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20
|Esdras 4:20|
Further, there have been great kings in Jerusalem, ruling over all the country across the river, to whom they gave taxes and payments in goods and forced payments.
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21
|Esdras 4:21|
Give an order now, that these men are to do nothing more, and that the building of the town is to be stopped, till I give an order.
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22
|Esdras 4:22|
Be certain to do this with all care: do not let trouble be increased to the king's damage.
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23
|Esdras 4:23|
Then, after reading the king's letter, Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their friends went quickly to Jerusalem, to the Jews, and had them stopped by force.
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24
|Esdras 4:24|
So the work of the house of God at Jerusalem came to an end; so it was stopped, till the second year of the rule of Darius, king of Persia.
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1
|Esdras 5:1|
Now the prophets Haggai and Zechariah, the son of Iddo, were preaching to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel.
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2
|Esdras 5:2|
Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, got up and made a start at building the house of God at Jerusalem: and the prophets of God were with them, helping them.
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Sugerencias
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