Ezra 4
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Ezra 4:4-7

4Then the local people began to discourage the people of Judah and to dishearten them from building.

5They were hiring advisers to oppose them, so as to frustrate their plans, throughout the time of King Cyrus of Persia until the reign of King Darius of Persia.

6At the beginning of the reign of Ahasuerus they filed an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

7And during the reign of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their colleagues wrote to King Artaxerxes of Persia. This letter was first written in Aramaic but then translated. [Aramaic:]

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