The children of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.

And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

Then, when, the copy of the letter of Artaxerxes the king, had been read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they journeyed in haste to Jerusalem, unto the Jews, and forbade them, with arm and force.

so that they can offer sacrifices of pleasing aroma to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons.