Ezra 4:24

World English Bible (2000)

Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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Referenced Verses

  • Hag 1:15 : 15 in the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
  • 1 Thess 2:18 : 18 because we wanted to come to you--indeed, I, Paul, once and again--but Satan hindered us.
  • Ezra 5:5 : 5 But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not make them cease, until the matter should come to Darius, and then answer should be returned by letter concerning it.
  • Ezra 6:1 : 1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
  • Neh 6:3 : 3 I sent messengers to them, saying, "I am doing a great work, so that I can't come down. Why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?"
  • Neh 6:9 : 9 For they all would have made us afraid, saying, "Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done. But now, [God], strengthen my hands."
  • Job 20:5 : 5 that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezra 4:21-23
    3 verses
    85%

    21Make a decree now to cause these men to cease, and that this city not be built, until a decree shall be made by me.

    22Take heed that you not be slack herein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

    23Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.

  • Ezra 4:1-5
    5 verses
    77%

    1Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to Yahweh, the God of Israel;

    2then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' [houses], and said to them, "Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as you do; and we sacrifice to him since the days of Esar Haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here."

    3But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' [houses] of Israel, said to them, "You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to Yahweh, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us."

    4Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,

    5and hired counselors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

  • Hag 1:15
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    15in the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

  • Ezra 6:12-15
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    76%

    12and the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples who shall put forth their hand to alter [the same], to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.

    13Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and their companions, because that Darius the king had sent, did accordingly with all diligence.

    14The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

    15This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

  • Ezra 6:6-8
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    76%

    6Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the River, you must stay far from there.

    7Leave the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

    8Moreover I make a decree what you shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence to these men, that they be not hindered.

  • Ezra 5:2-5
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    76%

    2Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, helping them.

    3At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and said thus to them, "Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?"

    4Then we told them in this way, what the names of the men were who were making this building.

    5But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not make them cease, until the matter should come to Darius, and then answer should be returned by letter concerning it.

  • Ezra 5:15-17
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    75%

    15and he said to him, 'Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in its place.'

    16Then the same Sheshbazzar came, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now has it been in building, and yet it is not completed.

    17Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter."

  • 2 Chr 24:13
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    13So the workmen worked, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands, and they set up the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.

  • Ezra 5:8-9
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    8Be it known to the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is built with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls; and this work goes on with diligence and prospers in their hands.

    9Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, "Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?"

  • Ezra 5:12-13
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    73%

    12But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.

    13But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.

  • Ezra 3:8
    72%

    8Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who were come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of the house of Yahweh.

  • Ezra 4:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12Be it known to the king, that the Jews who came up from you are come to us to Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and repaired the foundations.

    13Be it known now to the king that if this city is built, and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and in the end it will be hurtful to the kings.

  • 2 Chr 36:20
    70%

    20He carried those who had escaped from the sword away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:

  • Ezra 4:8
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    8Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:

  • 2 Chr 36:22
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    22Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,

  • Ezra 1:1-2
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    70%

    1Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,

    2"Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, 'Yahweh, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has commanded me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

  • Neh 4:15
    70%

    15It happened, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, that we returned all of us to the wall, everyone to his work.

  • Ezra 9:9
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    9For we are bondservants; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

  • Neh 4:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half [the height] of it: for the people had a mind to work.

    7But it happened that when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, [and] that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very angry;

  • Neh 4:10-11
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    10Judah said, "The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall."

    11Our adversaries said, "They shall not know, neither see, until we come into the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease."

  • Neh 6:15
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    15So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth [day] of [the month] Elul, in fifty-two days.

  • Neh 1:4
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    4It happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

  • Ezra 4:16
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    16We inform the king that, if this city be built, and the walls finished, by this means you shall have no portion beyond the River.

  • Ezra 6:3
    68%

    3In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, and its breadth sixty cubits;

  • Hag 2:10
    68%

    10In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

  • Hag 1:2
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    2"This is what Yahweh of Armies says: These people say, 'The time hasn't yet come, the time for Yahweh's house to be built.'"