2 ESDRAS: The Hidden Book of Prophecy With 1st Esdras - Book - Page 171
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25 Then the King wrote back
again to Rehum the recorder,
to Beltethmus, to Shimshai
the scribe, and to the rest
that were in commission,
and dwellers in Samaria and
Note: These Syria, and Phoenicia, after
are the
enemies of this manner.
Yahudea 26 I have read the Epistle
and the
Bible. After which you have sent unto
defiling the
Temple and me: therefore I commanded
usurping the
priesthood, to make diligent search, and
these
Samaritans it has been found, that that
are the
origin of the city was from the beginning
Pharisess
which practicing against Kings.
became
Rabbinic 27 And the men therein were
Judaism. given to rebellion, and war,
and that mighty Kings and
fierce were in Yerusalem, who
reigned and exacted tributes
in Coelesyria and Phoenicia.
28 Now therefore I have
K I N G D O M
commanded to hinder those
men from building the city,
and heed to be taken that
there be no more done in it,
29 And that those wicked
workers proceed no further to
the annoyance of Kings.
30 Then king Artaxerxes his
letters being read, Rehum and
Shimshai the scribe, and the
rest that were in commission
with them, moving in as
towards Yerusalem with a
troup of horsemen, and a
multitude of people in battle
array, began to hinder the
builders, and the building
of the Temple in Yerusalem
ceased until the second year
a great
of the reign of Darius King Or,
number of
souldiers.
of the Persians.
Tomb of Cyrus the Great.
3 Saying, Thus says Cyrus king of the Persians,
Yahuah of Israel the Most High Yahuah,
has made me king of the whole world,
4 And commanded me to build him
an house at Yerusalem
