Ezra 4:21-23

21st Century King James Version

²¹ Give ye now command to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not built until another command shall be given from me.

²² Take heed now that ye fail not to do this. Why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?”

²³ Now when the copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them cease by force and power.