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Ezra 4:3-6; Ezra 4:11
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Ezra 4:3-6
3
But Zerubbabel, Joshua and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel answered, “You have no part with us in building a temple to our God. We alone will build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, commanded us.”
4
Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building.
5
They bribed officials to work against them and frustrate their plans during the entire 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, they lodged an accusation against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
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Ezra 4:11
11
(This is a copy of the letter they sent him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants in Trans-Euphrates:
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