Ezra 4:1-7

1NowH3588 when the adversaries of JudahH3063 and BenjaminH1144 heardH8085 that the childrenH1121 of the captivity builded a templeH1964 unto the LORDH3068, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478;

2then they drewH5066 nearH5066 to ZerubbabelH2216, and to the headsH7218 of fathers’H1 houses, and saidH559 unto them, LetH3808 usH413 buildH1129 with youH3588: for weH587 seekH1875 your GodH430, as ye do; and weH587 do sacrificeH2076 unto him sinceH3588 the daysH3117 of EsarhaddonH634 kingH4428 of AssyriaH804, which broughtH5927 usH413 upH5927 hither.

3But ZerubbabelH2216, and JeshuaH3442, and the restH7605 of the headsH7218 of fathers’H1 housesH1004 of IsraelH3478, saidH559 unto them, Ye have nothingH3808 to doH6680 with usH3588 to buildH1129 an houseH1004 unto our GodH430; but weH587 ourselvesH587 togetherH3162 will buildH1129 unto the LORDH3068, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, as kingH4428 CyrusH3566 the kingH4428 of PersiaH6539 hath commandedH6680 usH3588.

4Then the peopleH5971 of the landH776 weakened the handsH3027 of the peopleH5971 of JudahH3063, and troubled them in buildingH1129,

5and hiredH7936 counsellors againstH5921 them, to frustrate their purposeH6098, allH3605 the daysH3117 of CyrusH3566 kingH4428 of PersiaH6539, evenH5704 untilH5704 the reignH4438 of DariusH1867 kingH4428 of PersiaH6539.

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

7And in the daysH3117 of ArtaxerxesH783 wroteH3789 BishlamH1312, MithredathH4990, TabeelH2870, and the restH7605 of his companions, unto ArtaxerxesH783 kingH4428 of PersiaH6539; and the writingH3789 of the letterH3791 was writtenH3789 in the Syrian character, and set forth in the Syrian tongue.