Ezra 4:18; Ezra 4:23

Ezra 4:18

18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.

Ezra 4:23

23 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.