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The Plot Succeeds—for a While

After this, the non-Israeli inhabitants[a] of the land undermined[b] the people of Judah, harassing them in their construction work by bribing their consultants in order to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of Cyrus, king of Persia until Darius became king.[c]

At the beginning of the reign of Ahasuerus, they lodged a formal accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:4 Lit. the people
  2. Ezra 4:4 Lit. weakened the hands of
  3. Ezra 4:5 Lit. until the reign of Darius, king of Persia