Ezra 4:24

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.

Then {H116} ceased {H989} the work {H5673} of the house {H1005} of God {H426} which is at Jerusalem {H3390}. So it ceased {H1934}{H989} unto {H5705} the second {H8648} year {H8140} of the reign {H4437} of Darius {H1868} king {H4430} of Persia {H6540}.

So the work on the house of God in Yerushalayim ceased; it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Daryavesh king of Persia.

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.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Haggai 1:15 (3 votes)

    In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

  • Nehemiah 6:3 (2 votes)

    And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I [am] doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

  • Ezra 5:5 (2 votes)

    But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this [matter].

  • Ezra 6:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

  • Job 20:5 (2 votes)

    That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?

  • Nehemiah 6:9 (2 votes)

    For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, [O God], strengthen my hands.

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:18 (1 votes)

    Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.