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and when the enemies of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin heard it, they came to find out what the sound of the trumpets meant.
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And they learned that those who had returned from captivity were building the temple for the Lord God of Israel.
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So they approached Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the heads of the fathers' houses and said to them, "We will build with you.
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For we obey your Lord just as you do and we have been sacrificing to him ever since the days of Esarhaddon king of the Assyrians, who brought us here."
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But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the heads of the fathers' houses in Israel said to them, "You have nothing to do with us in building the house for the Lord our God,
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