◄ H3390 ►

Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against H3390 to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:

Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto H3390, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.

There have been mighty kings also over H3390, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.

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 H3390 unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.

Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at H3390. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and H3390 in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.

Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at H3390: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.

And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in H3390, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;

And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in H3390, and let the house of God be builded in his place.

Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in H3390: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.