Holy Scripture
Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 4:23
Source: Septuagint
Original
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.
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21Now therefore make a decree to stop the work of those men, and that city shall no more be built.
22See that ye be careful of the decree, not to be remiss concerning this matter, lest at any time destruction should abound to the harm of kings.
— Ezra-Nehemiah (2 Esdras) 4:23 —
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.