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Ezra 4:23
King James Version (1769 Blayney revision, with Apocrypha) · Berean Standard Bible
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 (note: Chald. by arm and power).
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