Ezra 4:23

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Maka setelah salinan surat raja Artahsasta dibacakan kepada Rehum, dan Simsai, panitera, serta rekan-rekan mereka, berangkatlah mereka dengan segera ke Yerusalem mendapatkan orang-orang Yahudi, dan dengan kekerasan mereka memaksa orang-orang itu menghentikan pekerjaan itu.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Maka setelah salinan surat raja Artahsasta dibacakan kepada Rehum, dan Simsai, panitera, serta rekan-rekan mereka, berangkatlah mereka dengan segera ke Yerusalem mendapatkan orang-orang Yahudi, dan dengan kekerasan mereka memaksa orang-orang itu menghentikan pekerjaan itu.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Hata, setelah sudah dibaca salinan surat baginda raja Artahsasta kepada Rehum dan Simsai, jurutulis itu, dan segala kawannya, lalu dengan segeranya pergilah mereka itu ke Yeruzalem mendapatkan orang Yahudi itu, ditegahkannya mereka itu dengan lengan yang kuat.

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ Then sent the king an aunswere vnto Rehum the recorder and Samsai the scribe, and to the other of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and vnto the other that were beyond the water in Selam and Cheeth. ¹⁸ The letter which ye sent vnto vs, hath ben openly read before me. ¹⁹ And I haue commaunded to make searche, and it is found that this citie of olde hath made insurrection against kinges, and that rebellion and sedition hath ben committed therein. ²⁰ There haue ben mightie kinges also at Hierusalem, which haue raigned ouer all countreys beyond the water: and toule, tribute, and custome was geuen vnto them, ²¹ Geue ye nowe therefore commaundement, that the same men be forbidden, and that the citie be not builded againe, till I haue geuen another commaundement. ²² Take heede now that ye be not negligent to do this: for why should the king haue harme there through? ²³ Nowe when the copie of king Artaxerxes letter was read before Rehum & Simsai the scribe, and their companyons, they went vp in all the haste to Hierusalem vnto the Iewes, and forbad them with violence and power. ²⁴ Then ceassed the worke of the house of God at Hierusalem, and continued so vnto the second yere of Darius king of Persia.

Bible Verse Review
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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

Cross-References

Exodus 20:13
Thou shalt not kyll.

Leviticus 19:18
Thou shalt not auenge nor wayte to do displeasure agaynst the chyldren of thy people, but shalt loue thy neighbour euen as thy selfe: I am the Lorde.

Numbers 23:18
And he toke vp his parable, and aunswered: Rise vp Balac, and heare, and hearke vnto me thou sonne of Ziphor.

Judges 9:7
And when they tolde it to Ioatham, he went and stoode in the top of mount Garizim, and lyft vp his voyce, & cryed, and sayd vnto them: Hearken vnto me you men of Sichem, that God may hearken vnto you.

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.