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Esdra 4:23

Non appena la copia della lettera del re Artaserse fu letta davanti a Rehum, a Scimshai il segretario e ai loro colleghi, essi andarono in fretta a Gerusalemme dai Giudei e li obbligarono a sospendere i lavori con la forza delle armi.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Artaxerxes;   Bishlam;   Persia;   Rehum;   Shimshai;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Artaxerxes;   Samaritans;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Aram;   Artaxerxes;   Ezra;   Samaria, samaritans;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Rehum;   Shimshai;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Darius;   Haggai;   Rehum;   Shimshai;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Artaxerxes;   Exile;   Ezra, Book of;   Rehum;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Darius;   Ezra, Book of;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Rehum;   Shimshai;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Artaxerxes ;   Ezra, Book of;   Rehum ;   Shimshai ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Artaxerxes;   Assyria;   Persia;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Re'hum;   Shim'sha-I,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Go;   Rehum;   Samson;   Shimshai;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Artaxerxes;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aramaic Language among the Jews;   Esdras, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Riveduta Bibbia
Non appena la copia della lettera del re Artaserse fu letta in presenza di Rehum, di Scimshai il segretario, e dei loro colleghi, essi andarono in fretta a Gerusalemme dai Giudei, e li obbligarono, a mano armata, a sospendere i lavori.
Giovanni Diodati Bibbia
Allora, tosto che il tenor delle lettere del re Artaserse fu letto in presenza di Rehum, e di Simsai, segretario, e de’ lor colleghi, essi andarono prestamente in Gerusalemme a’ Giudei, e li fecero cessare a mano armata.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Rehum: Ezra 4:8, Ezra 4:9, Ezra 4:17

they went up: Proverbs 4:16, Micah 2:1, Romans 3:15

force: Chal, arm

Reciprocal: Ezra 5:6 - copy Ezra 6:8 - hindered Ezra 6:13 - Tatnai Haggai 1:2 - This

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now when the copy of King Artaxerxes letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions,.... By him or them to whom it was particularly directed:

they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews; not only in obedience to the king's command, but from an eagerness of spirit to put a stop to the proceedings of the Jews, to whom they had an aversion, instigated by the Samaritans:

and made them to cease by force and power; from going on with the building of the temple, which they reckoned a part of the city, and within their commission; this they did by showing the power and authority they had under the king's hand, and by the forces they brought with them to compel them to it, should they refuse to obey; or, however, they threatened them highly what they would do, if they did not desist.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 23. Made them to cease by force and power. — Commanded them on pain of the king's displeasure not to proceed, obliging all to remit their labours, and probably bringing an armed force to prevent them from going forward.


 
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