RESTORATION SCRIPTURES TRUE NAME EDITION Study Bible

seek your Elohim, as you do; and we do sacrifice to Him
since the days of Esar-Haddon melech of Ashshur, who
brought us here. 4157 3 But Zerubbavel, and Yeshua, and
the rest of the heads of the ahvot of Yisrael, said to them,
You have nothing to do with us to rebuild a Bayit to our
Elohim; but we ourselves together will rebuild to vuvh
Elohim of Yisrael, as melech Koresh the melech of Persia
has commanded us.
4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the
people of Yahudah, and troubled them in building, 4158
5 And hired counselors against them, to frustrate their
purpose, all the days of Koresh melech of Persia, even
until the reign of Daryawesh melech of Persia.
6 And in the reign of Achashverosh, in the beginning of
his reign, they wrote to him an accusation against the
inhabitants of Yahudah and Yahrushalayim.
7 And in the days of Artahshashta, Bishlam, Mithredath,
Taveel, and the rest of their companions, wrote to
Artahshashta melech of Persia; and the writing of the
letter was written in the Aramaic tongue, and translated
from the Aramaic tongue.
8 Rehum the governor and Shimshai the Sopher all wrote
a letter against Yahrushalayim to Artahshashta the melech
like this:
9 Rehum the governor, and Shimshai the Sopher, and the
rest of their companions; the shophtim, the emissaries, the
counsels, the officials, the people of Erek, of Bavel, of
Shushan, of Dehavites, of the Eylamites,
10 And the rest of the nations who the great and noble
Osnappar brought over, and placed in the cities of
Shomron, and the rest that are on this side of the river, at
this time.
11 This is the copy of the letter that they sent to him, even
to Artahshashta the melech; Your avadim the men on this
side of the river, at such a time.
12 Be it known to the melech, that the Yahudim 4159 who
came up from you to us have come to Yahrushalayim,
building the rebellious and the evil city, and have set up
the walls, and repaired its foundations.
13 Be it known now to the melech, that, if this city is
rebuilt, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay
excise, or tax, and will cause the revenue of the melech to
suffer loss.
14 Now because we have eaten salt from the melech’s
palace, and it was not right for us to see the melech being
shamed like this, therefore have we sent and certified this
letter to the melech;
15 That a search may be made in the scroll of the records
of your ahvot: so shall you find in the scroll of the
records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and
hurtful to melechim and provinces, and that they have
been responsible for revolts within it in the past which is
the reason this city was destroyed.
16 We inform the melech that, if this city is rebuilt again,
and the walls of it set up again, by this action you shall
have no portion of land on this side of the river.
17 Then sent the melech an answer to Rehum the
governor, and to Shimshai the Sopher, and to the rest of
their companions that dwell in Shomron, and to the rest
beyond the river, Shalom, at this time.
18 The letter that you sent to us has been plainly read
before me.
19 And I commanded, and a search has been made, and it
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is found that this city in times past has made insurrection
against melechim, and that rebellion and sedition have
been made in it.
20 There have been mighty melechim also over
Yahrushalayim, who have ruled over all countries beyond
the river; and tax, excise, and toll, was paid to them.
21 Now make a decree to these men to cease, so that this
city not be rebuilt, until a commandment from me shall be
given to do so.
22 Beware that you do not fail to do this: why should
damage increase to the hurt of the melechim?
23 Now when the copy of melech Artahshashta’s letter
was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the Sopher, and
their companions, they went up in a hurry to
Yahrushalayim to the Yahudim, and made them cease by
force and power.
24 Then ceased the work of the Bayit of Elohim that is at
Yahrushalayim. So it ceased until the second year of the
reign of Daryawesh melech of Persia.
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Then the neviim, Chaggai, and Zacharyah the son of
Iddo, prophesied to the Yahudim that were in Yahudah
and Yahrushalayim in the Name of the Elohim of
Yisrael. 4160
2 Then rose up Zerubbavel the son of Shealti-El, and
Yeshua the son of Yotzadak, and began to rebuild the
Bayit of Elohim which is at Yahrushalayim: and with
them were the neviim of Elohim helping them. 4161
3 At the same time came to them Tatnai, the governor on
this side of the river, and Shethar-Boznai, and their
companions, and said this to them, Who has commanded
you to rebuild this Bayit, and to raise up this wall?
4 And then we told them, all the names of the men that
were doing the building.
5 But the eye of their Elohim was upon the zechanim of
the Yahudim, so that they could not force them to cease,
until the matter came to Daryawesh: and then they
returned an answer by letter concerning this matter.
6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side
of the river, and Shethar-Boznai, and his companions the
officials, who were on this side the river, sent to
Daryawesh the melech:
7 They sent a letter to him, in which was written this;
Unto Daryawesh the melech, all shalom.
8 Be it known to the melech, that we went into the
province of Yahudah, to the Bayit of the great Elohim,
which is rebuilt with great stones, and timber is laid in the
walls, and this work goes forward, and prospers in their
hands.
9 Then we asked those zechanim, and said to them this,
Who commanded you to rebuild this Bayit, and to raise
up these walls?
10 We asked their names also, to inform you, that we
might write the names of the men that were their leaders.
11 And this they returned us answer, saying, We are the
avadim of the Elohim of the shamayim and earth, and we
now rebuild the Bayit that was built many years ago,
which a great melech of Yisrael built and set up.
12 But after our ahvot had provoked the Elohim of the
shamayim to wrath, He gave them into the hand of
Nevuchadnetzar the melech of Bavel, the Chaldean, who
destroyed this Bayit, and carried the people away into
Bavel.