<div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1000000">Old Testament</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1012435">Ezra</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1012533">Chapter 4</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1012556">Verse 23</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1012555">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1012557">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><p><em>First Group Returns from Exile in Babylon</em></p><p><em>Haggai and Zechariah and the Construction of the Temple</em></p><p>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 Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.</p><div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1000000">Old Testament</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1012435">Ezra</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1012533">Chapter 4</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1012556">Verse 23</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1012555">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1012557">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><div class="lds_official">[<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ezra/4/23">View Ezra Chapter 4 Verse 23 at the Official LDS Website</a>]</div>