Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 4:22

²⁰And there were powerful kings in Jerusalem, and they ruled over all the country beyond the river, and abundant revenues and tribute were given to them.

²¹Now therefore make a decree to stop the work of those men, and that city shall no more be built.

— Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 4:22 —

²³Then the tribute gatherer of King Artaxerxes read the letter before Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and his fellow servants: and they went in haste to Jerusalem and through Judah, and caused them to cease with horses and an armed force.

²⁴Then ceased the work of the house of God in Jerusalem, and it was at a stand until the second year of the reign of Darius king of the Persians.