Ezra 4:18

4:18

The letter
<05407>

which ye sent
<07972> (8754)

unto us
<05922>

hath been plainly
<06568> (8744)

read
<07123> (8752)

before
<06925>

me.

Ezra 5:5

5:5

But the eye
<05870>

of their God
<0426>

was
<01934> (8754)

upon
<05922>

the elders
<07868> (8750)

of the Jews
<03062>_,

that they could not
<03809>

cause
<0989> (0)

them
<01994>

to cease
<0989> (8754)_,

till
<05705>

the matter
<02941>

came
<01946> (8748)

to Darius
<01868>_:

and then
<0116>

they returned answer
<08421> (8681)

by letter
<05407>

concerning
<05922>

this
<01836>

[matter].

Ezra 4:23

4:23

Now
<0116>

when
<04481> <01768>

the copy
<06573>

of king
<04430>

Artaxerxes
<0783>_'

letter
<05407>

[was] read
<07123> (8752)

before
<06925>

Rehum
<07348>_,

and Shimshai
<08124>

the scribe
<05613>_,

and their companions
<03675>_,

they went up
<0236> (8754)

in haste
<0924>

to Jerusalem
<03390>

unto
<05922>

the Jews
<03062>_,

and made them
<01994>

to cease
<0989> (8754)

by force
<0153>

and power
<02429>_.

{by force...: Chaldee, by arm and power}