Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Ezra 4:4
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Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build.
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Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
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Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building.
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Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
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Ezra 4
2 they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”
3 But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has commanded us.”
4 Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build.
5 They hired counselors against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.
6 At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, an accusation was lodged against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
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