they approached Zerubbabel and the leaders of the families and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we also worship your God and have been sacrificing to Him[a] since the time King Esar-haddon of Assyria[b] brought us here.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:2 Alt Hb tradition reads have not been sacrificing
  2. Ezra 4:2 Esar-haddon reigned 681–669 b.c.

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