Ezra 4:4-6

New Century Version

⁴ Then the people around them tried to discourage the people of Judah by making them afraid to build. ⁵ Their enemies hired others to delay the building plans during the time Cyrus was king of Persia. And it continued to the time Darius was king of Persia.

More Problems for the Builders

⁶ When Xerxes first became king, those enemies wrote a letter against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.