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Ezra 4:4-6
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4 Then the local residents tried to discourage and frighten the people of Judah to keep them from their work. 5 They bribed agents to work against them and to frustrate their plans. This went on during the entire reign of King Cyrus of Persia and lasted until King Darius of Persia took the throne.[a]

Later Opposition under Xerxes and Artaxerxes

6 Years later when Xerxes[b] began his reign, the enemies of Judah wrote a letter of accusation against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.

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  1. 4:5 Darius reigned 521–486 B.c.
  2. 4:6 Hebrew Ahasuerus, another name for Xerxes. He reigned 486–465 B.c.
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Ezra 4:4-6
New International Version

4 Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building.[a](A) 5 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.

Later Opposition Under Xerxes and Artaxerxes

6 At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes,[b](B) they lodged an accusation against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:4 Or and troubled them as they built
  2. Ezra 4:6 Hebrew Ahasuerus
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