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Ezr 4:23 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Rehum		Ezr 4:8,9,17
they went up		Pro 4:16; Mic 2:1; Rom 3:15
force		Chal. arm.

Correlating Passages

Rehum

	Ezr 4:8	Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
	Ezr 4:9	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,
	Ezr 4:17	[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.

they went up

	Pro 4:16	For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.
	Mic 2:1	Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
	Rom 3:15	Their feet [are] swift to shed blood:

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Scott, Thomas. "Ezra 4:23," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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