Ezra 4:23

4:23 Then, as soon as the copy of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read in the presence of Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their colleagues, they proceeded promptly to the Jews in Jerusalem ¹  and stopped them with threat of armed force. ² 

Ezra 5:2

5:2 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak began ³  to rebuild the temple of God in Jerusalem. The prophets of God were with them, supporting them.

[4:23]  ¹ tn Aram “to Jerusalem against the Jews.”

[4:23]  ² tn Aram “by force and power,” a hendiadys.

[5:2]  ³ tn Aram “arose and began.” For stylistic reasons this has been translated as a single concept.