Ezra 4:1-2

1Now when 1the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that 2the people of the exile were building a temple to the Lord God of Israel,

2they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers’ households, and said to them, “Let us build with you, for like you, we seek your God; 3and we have been sacrificing to Him since the days of 4Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.”