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Chapter 4 Now when the adversaries of
Judah and Benjamin heard that the children

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of the captivity builded the temple unto
the Lord God of Israel, then they came to

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Zerubbabel and to the chief of the
fathers, and said unto them, Let us build

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with you, for we seek your God as ye do,
and we do sacrifice unto him, since the

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days of Esarhaddon king of Azur,
which brought us up hither.

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But Zerubbabel and Joshua and the rest of
the chief of the fathers of Israel said

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unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us
to build a house unto our God,

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but we ourselves together will build unto
the Lord God of Israel, as King Cyrus the

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king of Persia hath commanded us.

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Then the people of the land weakened the
hands of the people of Judah, and troubled

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them in building, and hired counsellors
against them, to frustrate their purpose

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all the days of Cyrus king of Persia,
even until the reign of Darius king of

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Persia.

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And in the reign of Ahasuerus,
in the beginning of his reign,

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wrote they unto him an accusation against
the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

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And in the days of Artaxerxes,
wrote Bishlam, Mithridath, Tabeal,

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and the rest of their companions unto
Artaxerxes king of Persia.

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And the writing of the letter was written
in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in

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the Syrian tongue.

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Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshi the
scribe, wrote a letter against Jerusalem

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to Artaxerxes the king, in this sort.

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Then wrote Rehum the chancellor,
and Shimshi the scribe, and the rest of

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their companions, the Dinaites,
the Arphastathkites, the Tarpalites,

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the Arphasites, the Archivites,
the Babylonians, the Susankites,

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the Dehavites, and the Elamites,
and the rest of the nations whom the great

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and noble Arsnapper brought over,
and set in the cities of Samaria,

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and the rest that are on this side the
river, and at such a time.

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This is the copy of the letter that they
sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the

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king.

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Thy servants the men on this side the
river, and at such a time.

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Be it known unto the king, that the Jews
which came up from thee to us,

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are come unto Jerusalem, building the
rebellious and the bad city, and have set

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up the walls thereof, and joined the
foundations.

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Be it known now unto the king,
that if this city be builded, and the

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walls set up again, then will they not pay
toll, tribute, and custom.

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And so thou shalt endamage the revenue of
the kings.

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Now because we have maintenance from the
king's palace, and it was not meet for us

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to see the king's dishonor, therefore have
we sent and certified the king,

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that such may be made in the book of the
records of thy fathers.

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So shalt thou find in the book of the
records, and know that this city is a

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rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings
and provinces, and that they have moved

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sedition within the same of old time.

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For which cause was this city destroyed?

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We certify the king, that if this city be
builded again, and the walls thereof set

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up, by this means thou shalt have no
portion on this side the river.

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Then sent the king an answer unto Rehom
the chancellor, and to Shimshi the scribe,

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and to the rest of their companions that
dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond

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the river.

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Peace.

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And at such a time, the letter which he
sent unto us, hath been plainly read

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before me.

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And I commanded, And search hath been
made, and it is found that this city of

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old time hath made insurrection against
kings, and that rebellion and sedition

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have been made therein.

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There have been mighty kings also over
Jerusalem, which have ruled over all

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countries beyond the river, and toll,
tribute, and custom was paid unto them.

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Give ye now commandment to cause these men
to cease, and that this city be not

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builded until another commandment shall be
given from me.

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Take heed now that ye fail not to do this.

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Why should damage grow to the hurt of the
kings?

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Now when the copy of King Artaxerxes'
letter was read before Rehom, and Shimshi

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the scribe and their companions,
they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto

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the Jews, and made them to cease by force
and power.

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Then ceased the work of the house of God,
which is at Jerusalem.

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So it ceased unto the second year of the
reign of Darius, king of Persia.