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

4:23 made them to cease. This decree resulted in the cessation of work on the temple for many years, perhaps about sixteen years.

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