00153 EZR 004 023 Now <00116 +>edayin > when the copy <06573

+parshegen > of king <04430 +melek > Artaxerxes <00783

+>Artachshashta> > letter <05407 +nisht@van > [ was ] read

<07123 +q@ra> > before <06925 +qodam > Rehum <07348 +R@chuwm > ,

and Shimshai <08124 +Shimshay > the scribe <05613 +capher > ,

and their companions <03675 +k@nath > , they went <00236 +>azal

> up in haste <00924 +b@hiyluw > to Jerusalem <03390

+Y@ruwshalem ( Chald ) > unto the Jews <03062 +Y@huwda>iy > ,

and made them to cease <00989 +b@tel > by force <{00153} +>edra<

> and power <02429 +chayil > .

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