Ezra 4:4 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References 4 At that the people of the land were continually weakening+ the hands of the people of Judah and disheartening them from building,+ Ezra 4:23 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References 23 Now after the copy of the official document of Ar·ta·xerxʹes the king had been read before Reʹhum+ and Shimʹshai+ the scribe and their colleagues,+ they went in a hurry to Jerusalem to the Jews and stopped them by force of arms.*+
4 At that the people of the land were continually weakening+ the hands of the people of Judah and disheartening them from building,+
23 Now after the copy of the official document of Ar·ta·xerxʹes the king had been read before Reʹhum+ and Shimʹshai+ the scribe and their colleagues,+ they went in a hurry to Jerusalem to the Jews and stopped them by force of arms.*+