Ezra 4:2-10

2they approachedH5066 ZerubbabelH2216 and the headsH7218 of fathers’H1 households, and saidH559 to them, “Let us buildH1129 with you, for like you, we seekH1875 your GodH430; 1and we have been sacrificingH2076 to Him sinceH4480 the daysH3117 of 2EsarhaddonH634 kingH4428 of AssyriaH804, who broughtH5927 us upH5927 hereH6311.” 3But ZerubbabelH2216 and JeshuaH3091 and the restH7605 of the headsH7218 of fathers’H1 households of IsraelH3478 saidH559 to them, “3You have nothingH3808 in common with us in buildingH1129 a houseH1004 to our GodH430; but we ourselvesH587 will togetherH3162 buildH1129 for the LordH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478, 4justH3512 asH3512 KingH4428 CyrusH3566, the kingH4428 of PersiaH6539, has commandedH6680 us.”

4Then 5the peopleH5971 of the landH776 6discouragedH7503H3027 the peopleH5971 of JudahH3063, and frightenedH1089 them from buildingH1129, 5and bribedH5534 advisersH3289 againstH5921 them to frustrateH6565 their adviceH6098 allH3605 the daysH3117 of CyrusH3566 kingH4428 of PersiaH6539, even untilH5704 the reignH4438 of DariusH1867 kingH4428 of PersiaH6539.

6Now in the reignH4438 of 78AhasuerusH325, in the beginningH8462 of his reignH4438, they wroteH3789 an accusationH7855 againstH5921 the inhabitantsH3427 of JudahH3063 and JerusalemH3389.

7And in the daysH3117 of 9ArtaxerxesH783, BishlamH1312, MithredathH4990, TabeelH2870, and the restH7605 of his colleaguesH3674 wroteH3789 to ArtaxerxesH783 kingH4428 of PersiaH6539; and the 10textH3791 of the letterH5406 was writtenH3789 in AramaicH762 and translatedH8638 11from AramaicH762. 812RehumH7348 the commanderH1169H2942 and ShimshaiH8124 the scribeH5613 wroteH3790 a letterH104 againstH5922 JerusalemH3390 to KingH4430 ArtaxerxesH783, as followsH3660-- 913RehumH7348 the commanderH1169H2942, ShimshaiH8124 the scribeH5613, and 14the restH7606 of their colleaguesH3675, the judgesH1784 and 15the lesserH671 governorsH671, the officialsH2967, the secretariesH670, the menH756 ofH756 ErechH756, the BabyloniansH896, the menH7801 ofH7801 SusaH7801, that is, the ElamitesH5962, 10and the restH7606 of the nationsH524 whichH1768 the greatH7229 and honorableH3358 16OsnapparH620 deportedH1541 and settledH3488 in the cityH7149 of SamariaH8115, and in the restH7606 of the regionH5675 beyondH5675 the Euphrates RiverH5103. 17And nowH3706