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Ezra Chapter 4

Ezra
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Ezra

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Ezra and Nehemiah repaired the wall of Jerusalem and restored the temple to its proper use. They also completed the rebuilding of the temple and Ezra taught the people the law of God. The chapter shows the restoration of both the city and the worship of God.

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(1) Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;
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Ezra 7:9I Kings 5:4I Kings 5:5I Chronicles 22:9I Chronicles 22:10Nehemiah 4:1Nehemiah 4:2Nehemiah 4:3Nehemiah 4:4Nehemiah 4:5Nehemiah 4:6Nehemiah 4:7

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Ezekiel 16:53II Kings 11:11II Chronicles 23:10Ezra 5:14Jeremiah 7:4I Corinthians 3:17

(2) Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
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Ezra 1:5Ezra 2:2Ezra 3:2Ezra 3:12Proverbs 26:23Proverbs 26:24Proverbs 26:25Proverbs 26:26II Corinthians 11:13II Corinthians 11:14II Corinthians 11:15Galatians 2:4

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II Chronicles 2:6Ezra 4:3I Samuel 16:5Ezekiel 39:17Zephaniah 2:3

(3) But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.
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Nehemiah 2:20John 4:22John 4:23Acts 8:21Romans 9:4Romans 9:5III John 1:9III John 1:10Ezra 1:1Ezra 1:2Ezra 1:3Ezra 6:3

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I Kings 5:5I Kings 8:19II Chronicles 2:6II Chronicles 6:9II Chronicles 36:23Ezra 1:2

(4) Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
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Ezra 3:3Nehemiah 6:9Isaiah 35:3Isaiah 35:4Jeremiah 38:4Nehemiah 4:7Nehemiah 4:8Nehemiah 4:11

(5) And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
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Psalms 2:1Psalms 2:2Nahum 1:11Acts 24:1Acts 24:2Acts 24:3Acts 24:4Acts 24:5Acts 24:6Acts 24:7Acts 24:8Acts 24:9

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II Chronicles 36:22Ezra 1:1Ezra 4:24Daniel 6:28Ezra 6:14Daniel 10:13

(6) And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
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Matthew 27:37Acts 24:5Acts 24:6Acts 24:7Acts 24:8Acts 24:9Acts 24:13Acts 25:7Revelation 12:10

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Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33Deuteronomy 15:6Judges 9:2I Kings 1:13

(7) And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
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Ezra 4:9Ezra 4:17Ezra 5:6II Kings 18:26Isaiah 36:11Daniel 2:4

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James 3:6Revelation 9:11Genesis 25:20Ezra 4:8Ezra 4:23Ezra 4:9

(8) Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
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Ezra 4:9II Samuel 8:17II Samuel 20:25II Kings 18:18

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Ezra 4:9Ezra 4:23Ezra 4:7Ezra 4:17Ezra 7:11

(9) Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,
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II Kings 17:24II Kings 17:30II Kings 17:31Ezra 5:6Ezra 6:6Esther 1:2Esther 2:3Daniel 8:2Genesis 10:22Isaiah 21:2Jeremiah 25:25Jeremiah 49:34

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Ezra 4:17Ezra 4:8Ezra 4:23Ezra 4:7

(10) And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.
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Ezra 4:1II Kings 17:24II Kings 17:25II Kings 17:26II Kings 17:27II Kings 17:28II Kings 17:29II Kings 17:30II Kings 17:31II Kings 17:32II Kings 17:33II Kings 17:34

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Ezra 4:17Exodus 23:12Exodus 34:21Leviticus 26:35I Chronicles 22:9II Chronicles 14:6

(11) This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time.
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Ezra 5:6Genesis 15:18Exodus 7:18Exodus 7:21Joshua 12:2Joshua 17:9

(12) Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
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Ezra 4:15Ezra 4:19II Kings 18:20II Kings 24:1II Chronicles 36:13Jeremiah 52:3Ezekiel 17:12Ezekiel 17:13Ezekiel 17:14Ezekiel 17:15Ezekiel 17:16Ezekiel 17:17

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Esther 8:17John 19:21

(13) Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
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Nehemiah 5:4Psalms 52:2Psalms 119:69Ezra 7:24Matthew 9:9Matthew 17:25Romans 13:6Romans 13:7

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Romans 13:7Ezra 4:20Ezra 7:24Matthew 17:24

(14) Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;
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Ezekiel 33:31John 12:5John 12:6John 19:12John 19:13John 19:14John 19:15

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Esther 8:8Esther 3:3Esther 3:12I Kings 16:18Esther 2:8I Kings 1:9

(15) That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
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Ezra 4:12Nehemiah 2:19Nehemiah 6:6Esther 3:5Esther 3:6Esther 3:7Esther 3:8Daniel 6:4Daniel 6:5Daniel 6:6Daniel 6:7Daniel 6:8

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I Chronicles 29:29Revelation 22:19II Kings 22:8II Kings 22:13II Chronicles 20:34II Chronicles 34:15

(16) We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.
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Ezra 4:20II Samuel 8:3I Kings 4:24

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Genesis 15:18Exodus 7:18Exodus 7:21Joshua 12:2Joshua 17:9Judges 5:21

(17) Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
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Ezra 4:7Ezra 4:9Ezra 5:7Ezra 7:12Luke 10:5Acts 23:26Romans 1:7Ezra 4:10Ezra 4:11

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Ezra 4:9Ezra 4:10Ezra 6:6Exodus 23:12Exodus 34:21Leviticus 26:35

(18) The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.
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Colossians 4:16

(19) And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
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Ezra 4:15Ezra 5:17Ezra 6:1Ezra 6:2Deuteronomy 13:14Proverbs 25:2II Kings 18:7II Kings 24:20Ezekiel 17:13Ezekiel 17:14Ezekiel 17:15Ezekiel 17:16

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Revelation 10:6

(20) There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.
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I Kings 4:21I Kings 4:24I Chronicles 18:3Psalms 72:8Ezra 4:16Genesis 15:18Joshua 1:3Joshua 1:4I Chronicles 18:6I Chronicles 18:13I Chronicles 19:19II Chronicles 9:14

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Joshua 12:2Ezra 6:6Romans 13:7Genesis 15:18Exodus 7:18Exodus 7:21

(21) Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.
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Ezra 6:14Numbers 9:23I John 2:7Numbers 9:18Numbers 9:20II Chronicles 29:25

(22) Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
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Ezra 4:13Esther 3:8Esther 3:9Esther 7:3Esther 7:4

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I Samuel 1:8

(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.
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Ezra 4:8Ezra 4:9Ezra 4:17Proverbs 4:16Micah 2:1Romans 3:15

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Ezra 7:11Ezra 4:8Ezra 4:7Ezra 4:9Ezra 4:17Ezra 5:5

(24) Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
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Nehemiah 6:3Nehemiah 6:9Job 20:5I Thessalonians 2:18Ezra 5:5Ezra 6:1Haggai 1:15

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Judges 5:7Isaiah 14:4Ezra 4:5II Chronicles 3:2Daniel 6:28

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