1 Esdras 2:28

28 Therefore I have now issued orders to prevent these men from building the city and to take care that nothing more be done

1 Esdras 2:28 In-Context

26 "I have read the letter which you sent me. So I ordered search to be made, and it has been found that this city from of old has fought against kings,

27 and that the men in it were given to rebellion and war, and that mighty and cruel kings ruled in Jerusalem and exacted tribute from Coelesyria and Phoenicia.

28 Therefore I have now issued orders to prevent these men from building the city and to take care that nothing more be done

29 and that such wicked proceedings go no further to the annoyance of kings."

30 Then, when the letter from King Artaxerxes was read, Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their associates went in haste to Jerusalem, with horsemen and a multitude in battle array, and began to hinder the builders. And the building of the temple in Jerusalem ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of the Persians.

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