Bible Trivia Question

What did King Artaxerxes order concerning Jerusalem?


A festival be held each year to honor Jerusalem
No Jew was to work more than eight hours a day
Everyone in Persia was to worship Jehovah
Jerusalem not be rebuilt until his command

Jerusalem not be rebuilt until his command

Ezra 4:21 - He was a king of the Persian Empire during the time when the Jews were returning from Babylonian exile.

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