Ezra 4:24 — Then the work on the house of God in Jerusalem stopped. It was suspended until… — AMP | maBible
Read Ezra 4:24 (Amplified Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Ezra 4.24, Ezra 4v24, Esd. 4:24. Then the work on the house of God in Jerusalem stopped. It was suspended until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Other reference formats: Ezra 4.24, Ezra 4v24, Esd. 4:24.
24 Then the work on the house of God in Jerusalem stopped. It was suspended until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Notes and references
The long digression in Ezra 4:6-23 describes later opposition to Jewish efforts to restore the walls and rebuild the city during the reigns of Xerxes (486-465 b.c.) and Artaxerxes I (465-424 b.c). Here in Ezra 4:24 Ezra reverts back to the time of Darius I (522-486 b.c) and the rebuilding of the te…