Then (A)the people of the land tried to discourage the people of Judah. They troubled them in building,

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Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:4 Or and troubled them as they built

and hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of (A)Darius king of Persia.

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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.

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