Yǐsīlājì 4:23

23 Yàdáxuēxī wáng de shang yù dú zaì Lìhóng hé shū jì Shēnshuaì , bìng tāmende tóng dǎng miànqián , tāmen jiù jímáng wǎng Yēlùsǎlĕng qù jiàn Yóudà rén , yòng shìlì jiàng pǎi tāmen tíng gōng .

Yǐsīlājì 4:23 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 4:23

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.

Yǐsīlājì 4:23 In-Context

21 Xiànzaì nǐmen yào chū gào shì méng zhèxie rén tíng gōng , shǐ zhè chéng bùdé jiànzào , dĕng wǒ jiàng zhǐ .

22 Nǐmen dāng jǐnshèn , bùkĕ chíyán , wèihé róng haì jiā zhòng , shǐ wáng shòu kuī sún ne .

23 Yàdáxuēxī wáng de shang yù dú zaì Lìhóng hé shū jì Shēnshuaì , bìng tāmende tóng dǎng miànqián , tāmen jiù jímáng wǎng Yēlùsǎlĕng qù jiàn Yóudà rén , yòng shìlì jiàng pǎi tāmen tíng gōng .

24 Yúshì , zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng shén diàn de gōng chéng jiù tíng zhǐ le , zhí tíng dào Bōsī wáng Dàlìwū dì èr nián .