Chris Juby

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Ezra 4 (in 140 characters or less)

Enemies hindered the work in Judah. Rehum wrote to Artaxerxes: "Jerusalem is a rebellious city." So Artaxerxes stopped the building.

Posted on 18 Sep 2011 to 19,917 followers, with 6 retweets.
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Carole

Greed was used as a tactic to convince Artaxerxes to stop the building V 13 Furthermore, the king should know that if this city is built and its walls are restored, no more taxes, tribute or duty will be paid, and eventually the royal revenues will suffer.

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