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Wherefore when the enemies of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin heard it, they came to know what that noise of trumpets should mean.
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And they perceived that they that were of the captivity did build the temple unto the Lord God of Israel.
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So they went to Zorobabel and Jesus, and to the chief of the families, and said unto them, We will build together with you.
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For we likewise, as ye, do obey your Lord, and do sacrifice unto him from the days of Azbazareth the king of the Assyrians, who brought us hither.
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Then Zorobabel and Jesus and the chief of the families of Israel said unto them, It is not for us and you to build together an house unto the Lord our God.
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We ourselves alone will build unto the Lord of Israel, according as Cyrus the king of the Persians hath commanded us.
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But the heathen of the land lying heavy upon the inhabitants of Judea, and holding them strait, hindered their building;
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And by their secret plots, and popular persuasions and commotions, they hindered the finishing of the building all the time that king Cyrus lived: so they were hindered from building for the space of two years, until the reign of Darius.