Ezra 4:3-5
Christian Standard Bible
3 But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of Israel’s families answered them, “You may have no part with us in building a house for our God,(A) since we alone will build it for the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia has commanded us.”(B) 4 Then the people who were already in the land[a] discouraged[b] the people of Judah and made them afraid(C) to build. 5 They also bribed officials to act against them to frustrate their plans(D) throughout the reign of King Cyrus of Persia and until the reign of King Darius of Persia.(E)
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