Ezra 4:24

WEB

²⁴Then work stopped on God’s house which is at Jerusalem. It stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

KJV

²⁴Then^[+] ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

BSB

²⁴Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

FBV

²⁴Consequently work on God's Temple in Jerusalem came to a halt. The stoppage continued until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia.

Extra References

Haggai 1:15

¹⁵in the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

Job 20:5

⁵that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?

Ezra 5:5

⁵But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they didn’t make them cease until the matter should come to Darius, and an answer should be returned by letter concerning it.

Nehemiah 6:9

⁹For they all would have made us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done.” But now, strengthen my hands.

Nehemiah 6:3

³I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I can’t come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?”

Ezra 6:1

¹Then Darius the king made a decree, and the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon, was searched.

1 Thessalonians 2:18

¹⁸because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.