Bible Cross References
A. M. 3470. B.C. 534. A Song of degrees
Ezra 4:1-23
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And they that afflicted Judah and Benjamin heard, that the children of the captivity were building a house to the Lord God of Israel.
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And they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of families, and said to them, We will build with you; for as you [do], we seek [to serve] our God, and we do sacrifice to Him from the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.
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Then Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel said to them, [It is] not for us and you to build a house to our God, for we ourselves will build together to the Lord our God, as Cyrus the king of the Persians commanded us.
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And the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and hindered them in building,
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and [continued] hiring [people] against them, plotting to frustrate their counsel, all the days of Cyrus king of the Persians, and until the reign of Darius king of the Persians.
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And in the reign of Ahasuerus, even in the beginning of his reign, they wrote a letter against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
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And in the days of Artaxerxes, Tabel wrote peaceably to Mithradath and to the rest of his fellow servants: the tax collector wrote to Artaxerxes king of the Persians a writing in the Syrian tongue, and [the same] interpreted.
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Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote an epistle against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes, [saying,]
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Thus has judged Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of our fellow servants, the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the people of Persia, the Erech, the Babylonians, the Shushan, the Dehavites,
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and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnapper removed, and settled them in the cities of Samaria, and the rest [of them] beyond the river.
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This [is] the contents of the letter which they sent to him: To King Artaxerxes from your servants the men [of the region] beyond the river:
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Be it known to the king, that the Jews who came up to us from you, have come to Jerusalem, the rebellious and wicked city which they are building, and its walls are set in order, and they have established the foundations of it.
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Now then let it be known to the king, that if that city be built up, and its walls completed, you shall have no tribute, neither will they pay [any tribute], and this injures kings.
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And it is not lawful for us to see the dishonor of the king. Therefore have we sent and made known [the matter] to the king,
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that examination may be made in your fathers' book of record. And you shall find, and you shall know that this city [is] rebellious, and does harm to kings and countries, and there are in the midst of it from very old time refuges for [runaway] slaves. Therefore this city has been made desolate.
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We therefore declare to the king, that if this city is rebuilt, and its walls are set up, you shall have no peace.
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Then the king sent to Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their fellow servants who dwelt in Samaria, and the rest beyond the river, [saying,] Peace; and he said,
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The tax collector whom you sent to us has been called before me.
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And a decree has been made by me, and we have examined, and found that city of old time exalts itself against kings, and that rebellions and desertions take place within it.
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And there were powerful kings in Jerusalem, and they ruled over all the [country] beyond the river, and abundant revenues and tribute were given to them.
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Now therefore make a decree to stop the work of those men, and that city shall no more be built.
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[See] that you be careful of the decree, [not] to be remiss concerning this matter, lest at any time destruction should abound to the harm of kings.
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Then the tax collector of King Artaxerxes read [the letter] before Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and his fellow servants. And they went in haste to Jerusalem and through Judah, and caused them to cease with horses and an [armed] force.
Psalm 120:1
A Song of Degrees. In my affliction I cried to the Lord, and He hearkened to me.
Psalm 121:1
A Song of Degrees. I lifted up my eyes to the mountains- from where my help shall come.
Psalm 122:1
A Song of Degrees. I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.
Psalm 123:1
A Song of Degrees. Unto You who dwells in heaven have I lifted up my eyes.
Psalm 124:1
A Song of Degrees. If it had not been that the Lord was among us, let Israel now say;
Psalm 125:1
A Song of Degrees. They that trust in the Lord [shall be] as Mount Zion: he that dwells in Jerusalem shall never be moved.
Psalm 126:1
A Song of Degrees. When the Lord turned the captivity of Zion, we became as those that are comforted.
Psalm 127:1
A Song of Degrees. Except the Lord build the house, they that build labor in vain: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman watches in vain.
Psalm 128:1
A Song of Degrees. Blessed are all they that fear the Lord; who walk in His ways.
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Exodus 1:12-14
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But as they humbled them, by so much they multiplied, and grew exceedingly strong. And the Egyptians greatly abhorred the children of Israel.
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And the Egyptians tyrannized over the children of Israel by force.
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And they embittered their life by hard labors, in the clay and in brick-making, and all the works in the plains, according to all the works, wherein they caused them to serve with violence.
Exodus 1:22-14
Exodus 5:7-19
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You shall no longer give straw to the people for brickmaking as yesterday and the third day; but let them go themselves, and collect straw for themselves.
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And you shall impose on them daily the rate of brickmaking which they perform: you shall not reduce anything, for they are idle. Therefore have they cried, saying, Let us arise and do sacrifice to our God.
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Let the works of these men be made grievous, and let them care for these things, and not care for vain words.
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And the taskmasters and the accountants hastened them, and they spoke to the people, saying, thus says Pharaoh: I will give you straw no longer.
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Go yourselves, get for yourselves straw wherever you can find it, for nothing is diminished from your rate.
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So the people were dispersed in all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw.
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And the taskmasters hastened them, saying, Fulfill your regular daily tasks, even as when straw was given to you.
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And the accountants of the race of the children of Israel, who were set over them by the masters of Pharaoh, were scourged, [and were asked], Why have you not fulfilled your rates of brickwork as yesterday and the third day, [and] today also?
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And the accountants of the children of Israel went in and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why do you act thus to your servants?
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Straw is not given to your servants, and they tell us to make bricks; and behold, your servants have been scourged; therefore you will injure your people.
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And he said to them, You are idle, you are idlers. Therefore you say, Let us go and do sacrifice to our God.
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Now then go and work, for straw shall not be given to you, yet you shall return the rate of bricks.
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And the accountants of the children of Israel saw themselves in an evil plight, [for] men [were] saying, You shall not fail to deliver the daily rate of the brick-making.
Judges 2:15
among whomsoever they went; and the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord spoke, and as the Lord swore to them; and He greatly afflicted them.
Judges 10:8-12
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And they afflicted and bruised the children of Israel at that time eighteen years, all the children of Israel beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorite in Gilead.
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And the children of Ammon went over the Jordan to fight with Judah, and Benjamin, and with Ephraim; and the children of Israel were greatly afflicted.
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And the children of Israel cried to the Lord, saying, We have sinned against You, because we have forsaken God, and served Baalam.
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And the Lord said to the children of Israel, Did I not save you from Egypt and from the Amorite, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines,
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and from the Sidonians, and Amalek, and Midian, who afflicted you? And you cried to Me, and I saved you out of their hand?
1 Samuel 13:19
And there was not found a blacksmith in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears.
Lamentations 1:3
GIMEL. Judea is gone into captivity by reason of her affliction, and by reason of the abundance of her servitude; she dwells among the nations, she has not found rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her between her oppressors.
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Jeremiah 2:2
I remember the kindness of your youth, and the love of your betrothal,
Ezekiel 23:3
and they went a-whoring in Egypt in their youth. There their breasts fell, there they lost their virginity.
Hosea 2:15
And I will giver her possessions from there, and the valley of Achor to open her understanding: and she shall be afflicted there according to the days of her infancy, and according to the days of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.
Hosea 11:1
Early in the morning were they cast off, the king of Israel has been cast off: for Israel is a child, and I loved him, and out of Egypt have I called his children.
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Psalm 124:1
A Song of Degrees. If it had not been that the Lord was among us, let Israel now say;