Ezra 4
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Ezra 4:4-7

4Then 1the peopleH5971 of the landH776 2discouragedH7503H3027 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 34AhasuerusH325, in the beginningH8462 of his reignH4438, they wroteH3789 an accusationH7855 againstH5921 the inhabitantsH3427 of JudahH3063 and JerusalemH3389.

7And in the daysH3117 of 5ArtaxerxesH783, BishlamH1312, MithredathH4990, TabeelH2870, and the restH7605 of his colleaguesH3674 wroteH3789 to ArtaxerxesH783 kingH4428 of PersiaH6539; and the 6textH3791 of the letterH5406 was writtenH3789 in AramaicH762 and translatedH8638 7from AramaicH762.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ezra 4:4 Ezra 3:3 ↩
  2. 2. Ezra 4:4 Lit slackened the hands of ↩
  3. 3. Ezra 4:6 Or Xerxes; Heb Ahash-verosh ↩
  4. 4. Ezra 4:6 Esth 1:1; Dan 9:1 ↩
  5. 5. Ezra 4:7 Heb Artah-shashta ↩
  6. 6. Ezra 4:7 Lit writing ↩
  7. 7. Ezra 4:7 2 Kin 18:26; Dan 2:4 ↩

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