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Ezra 4:23

Context

4:23 Then, as soon as the copy of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read in the presence of Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their colleagues, they proceeded promptly to the Jews in Jerusalem 1  and stopped them with threat of armed force. 2 

Ezra 7:6

Context
7:6 This Ezra is the one who came up from Babylon. He was a scribe who was skilled in the law of Moses which the Lord God of Israel had given. The king supplied him with everything he requested, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.

1 tn Aram “to Jerusalem against the Jews.”

2 tn Aram “by force and power,” a hendiadys.



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