⁴ Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building.^[a](A)

⁴ Then the officials^(A) said to the king, “This man should be put to death.^(B) He is discouraging^(C) the soldiers who are left in this city, as well as all the people, by the things he is saying to them. This man is not seeking the good of these people but their ruin.”