Ezra 4
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Ezra 4:3-6

3But ZerubbabelH2216 and JeshuaH3091 and the restH7605 of the headsH7218 of fathers’H1 households of IsraelH3478 saidH559 to them, “1You have nothingH3808 in common with us in buildingH1129 a houseH1004 to our GodH430; but we ourselvesH587 will togetherH3162 buildH1129 to the LordH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478, 2as KingH4428 CyrusH3566, the kingH4428 of PersiaH6539 has commandedH6680 us.”

4Then 3the peopleH5971 of the landH776 4discouragedH7503H3027 the peopleH5971 of JudahH3063, and frightenedH1089 them from buildingH1129, 5and hiredH5534 counselorsH3289 againstH5921 them to frustrateH6565 their counselH6098 allH3605 the daysH3117 of CyrusH3566 kingH4428 of PersiaH6539, even untilH5704 the reignH4438 of DariusH1867 kingH4428 of PersiaH6539.

6Now in the reignH4438 of 56AhasuerusH325, in the beginningH8462 of his reignH4438, they wroteH3789 an accusationH7855 againstH5921 the inhabitantsH3427 of JudahH3063 and JerusalemH3389.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ezra 4:3 Neh 2:20 ↩
  2. 2. Ezra 4:3 Ezra 1:1, 2 ↩
  3. 3. Ezra 4:4 Ezra 3:3 ↩
  4. 4. Ezra 4:4 Lit weakened the hands of ↩
  5. 5. Ezra 4:6 Or Xerxes; Heb Ahash-verosh ↩
  6. 6. Ezra 4:6 Esth 1:1; Dan 9:1 ↩

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