Then king Artaxerxes his letters being read, Rathumus, and Semellius the scribe, and the rest that were in commission with them, removing in haste toward Jerusalem with a troop of horsemen and a multitude of people in battle array, began to hinder the builders; and the building of the temple in Jerusalem ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of the Persians.
Then, when the letter of King Artaxerxes was read aloud, Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates hurried to Jerusalem with cavalry and a large armed force, and began to stop the builders. And the building of the temple in Jerusalem stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of the Persians.
