Ezra 4:24 “Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it…”

Ezra 4:24

Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

World English Bible

Then work stopped on God’s house which is at Jerusalem. It stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

American Standard Version

Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then ceased the worke of the house of God, which was in Ierusalem, and did stay vnto the second yeere of Darius King of Persia.

Darby Translation

Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Young's Literal Translation

then ceased the service of the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem, and it ceased till the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Bible in Basic English

So the work of the house of God at Jerusalem came to an end; so it was stopped, till the second year of the rule of Darius, king of Persia.

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Cross references

“So”

Nehemiah 6:3 Nehemiah 6:9 Job 20:5 1 Thessalonians 2:18

Nehemiah 6:3 · BSB

So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”

Nehemiah 6:9 · BSB

For they were all trying to frighten us, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will never be finished.” But now, my God, strengthen my hands.

Job 20:5 · BSB

the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

1 Thessalonians 2:18 · BSB

For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.

“Darius”

Haggai 1:15 Ezra 5:5 Ezra 6:1

Haggai 1:15 · BSB

on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.

Ezra 5:5 · BSB

But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, so that they were not stopped until a report was sent to Darius and written instructions about this matter were returned.

Ezra 6:1 · BSB

Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23When the text of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them.

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