Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
Þerfor þe saumple of þe comaundement of kyng Artaxarses was red bifor Reum, Beel, Þeem, and Samsai, þe scryueyn, and her counseleris; and þei yeden hastili in to Jerusalem to þe Jewis, and forbediden hem with arm and myyt.