1Bvt the aduersaries of Iudah and Beniamin heard, that the children of the captiuitie builded the Temple vnto the Lord God of Israel.

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Ezra 1:11, Ezra 1:11, 1 Kings 5:4, 1 Kings 5:5, Daniel 9:25

2And they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chiefe fathers, and sayd vnto them, We wil builde with you: for we seeke the Lord your God as ye do, and we haue sacrificed vnto him since the time of Esar Haddon king of Asshur, which brought vs vp hither.

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2 Kings 19:37, 2 Kings 17:24, 2 Kings 19:37, 2 Kings 17:24, 2 Kings 17:27

3Then Zerubbabel, and Ieshua, and the rest of the chiefe fathers of Israel, sayde vnto them, It is not for you, but for vs to buyld the house vnto our God: for we our selues together wil buylde it vnto the Lord God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded vs.

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Nehemiah 2:20, Nehemiah 2:20, John 4:22, John 4:23, Isaiah 45:4

4Wherefore the people of the land discouraged the people of Iudah, and troubled them in buylding,

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Ezra 3:3, Ezra 3:3, Nehemiah 6:9, Jeremiah 38:4, Nehemiah 6:9

5And they hired counsellers against them, to hinder their deuise, all the dayes of Cyrus King of Persia, euen vntill the reigne of Darius King of Persia.

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Nahum 1:11, Nahum 1:11, Ezra 5:5, Ezra 6:18, Psalms 2:1

6And in the reigne of Ahashuerosh (in the beginning of his reigne) wrote they an accusation against the inhabitants of Iudah and Ierusalem.

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Daniel 9:1, Esther 1:1, Daniel 9:1, Esther 1:1, Matthew 27:37

7And in the daies of Artahshashte, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions wrote when it was peace, vnto Artahshashte king of Persia, and the writing of the letter was the Aramites writing, and the thing declared was in the language of the Aramites.

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2 Kings 18:26, 2 Kings 18:26, Daniel 2:4, Daniel 2:4, Isaiah 36:11

8Rehum the chancelour, and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Ierusalem to Artahshashte the King, in this sort.

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Ezra 4:9, Ezra 4:9, 2 Samuel 8:17, 2 Samuel 20:25, 2 Kings 18:18

9Then wrote Rehum the chauncelour, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions Dinaie, and Apharsathcaie, Tarpelaie, Apharsaie, Archeuaie, Bablaie, Shushanchaie, Dehaue, Elmaie,

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Ezra 5:6, Ezra 6:6, Ezra 5:6, Ezra 6:6, 2 Kings 17:24

10And the rest of the people whom the great and noble Asnappar brought ouer, and set in the cities of Samaria, and other that are beyonde the Riuer and Cheeneth.

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Ezra 4:17, Ezra 4:17, Ezra 4:11, Ezra 7:12, Ezra 4:11

11This is the copie of the letter that they sent vnto King Artahshashte, THY SERVANTS the men beyond the Riuer and Cheeneth, salute thee.

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12Be it knowen vnto the King that ye Iewes, which came vp from thee to vs, are come vnto Ierusalem (a citie rebellious and wicked) and buylde, and lay the foundations of the walles, and haue ioyned the foundations.

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Ezra 5:3, 2 Chronicles 36:13, Ezra 5:9, Ezra 5:3, 2 Chronicles 36:13

13Be it knowen nowe vnto the King, that if this citie be built, and the foundations of the walles layed, they will not giue tolle, tribute, nor custome: so shalt thou hinder the Kings tribute.

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Ezra 7:24, Ezra 7:24, Romans 13:6, Romans 13:7, Nehemiah 5:4

14Nowe therefore because wee haue bene brought vp in the Kings palace, it was not meete for vs to see the Kings dishonour: for this cause haue we sent and certified the King,

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John 19:12, John 19:15, John 12:5, John 12:6, Ezekiel 33:31

15That one may searche in the booke of the Chronicles of thy fathers, and thou shalt finde in the booke of the Chronicles, and perceiue that this citie is rebellious and noysome vnto Kings and prouinces, and that they haue moued sedition of olde time, for the which cause this citie was destroyed.

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Ezra 4:12, Ezra 4:12, Jeremiah 52:3, Jeremiah 52:34, Nehemiah 6:6

16Wee certifie the King therefore, that if this citie be buylded, and the foundation of the walles layd, by this meanes the portion beyonde the Riuer shall not be thine.

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1 Kings 4:24, Ezra 4:20, 2 Samuel 8:3, 1 Kings 4:24, Ezra 4:20

17The King sent an answere vnto Rehum the Chauncelour, and Shimshai the Scribe, and so the rest of their companions that dwelt in Samaria, and vnto the other beyond the Riuer, Shelam and Cheeth.

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Ezra 4:9, Ezra 4:11, Luke 10:5, Acts 23:26, Romans 1:7

18The letter which yee sent vnto vs, hath bene openly read before me,

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Nehemiah 8:8, Nehemiah 8:8

19And I haue commanded and they haue searched, and founde, that this citie of olde time hath made insurrection against kings, and hath rebelled, and rebellion hath bene committed therein.

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Proverbs 25:2, 2 Kings 18:7, Proverbs 25:2, 2 Kings 18:7, Deuteronomy 13:14

20There haue bene mightie kings also ouer Ierusalem, which haue ruled ouer all beyonde the Riuer, and tolle, tribute, and custome was giuen vnto them.

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Genesis 15:18, 1 Kings 4:21, Genesis 15:18, 1 Kings 4:21, 1 Chronicles 18:3

21Make ye now a decree, that those men may cease, and that the citie be not buylt, till I haue giuen another commandement.

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22Take heede nowe that ye fayle not to doe this: why should domage grow to hurt the King?

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Ezra 4:13, Esther 3:8, Esther 3:9, Esther 7:3, Esther 7:4

23When the copie of king Artahshashtes letter was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went vp in all the haste to Ierusalem vnto the Iewes, and caused them to cease by force and power.

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Ezra 4:17, Ezra 4:8, Ezra 4:9, Romans 3:15, Micah 2:1

24Then ceased the worke of the house of God, which was in Ierusalem, and did stay vnto the second yeere of Darius King of Persia.

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Haggai 1:15, Haggai 1:15, Nehemiah 6:3, Ezra 5:5, Ezra 6:1