Ezr 4:23 | HCSB | STEP | As soon as the text of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read to Rehum , Shimshai the scribe , and their colleagues , they immediately went to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them .

‏ Ezra 4:23

23 As soon as the text of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their colleagues, ^a they immediately went to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them.