Verse 3
Ezra 4:3
Darby Translation
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But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the chief fathers of Israel said to them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build a house to our God (Elohim), but we alone will build to Jehovah the God (Elohim) of Israel, as king Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּאמֶר֩ לָ/הֶ֨ם זְרֻבָּבֶ֜ל וְ/יֵשׁ֗וּעַ וּ/שְׁאָ֨ר רָאשֵׁ֤י הָֽ/אָבוֹת֙ לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹֽא לָ֣/כֶם וָ/לָ֔/נוּ לִ/בְנ֥וֹת בַּ֖יִת לֵ/אלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ כִּי֩ אֲנַ֨חְנוּ יַ֜חַד נִבְנֶ֗ה לַֽ/יהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֔/נוּ הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ כּ֥וֹרֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ פָּרָֽס
English Translation
And Zerubbabel and Yeshua and the other heads of the fathers of Israel said to them, "It is not for you and for us to build a house to our God, for we alone will build to the LORD God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us."
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Chapter 4 Context
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And the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building the...
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and they came to Zerubbabel and to the chief fathers, and said to them, We would build with you; for...
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But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the chief fathers of Israel said to them, Ye have nothing...
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And the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building;
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and they hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of P...
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And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the i...
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And in the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, wrote to...
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Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king...
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Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and t...
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and the rest of the peoples whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over and settled in the cities...
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This is the copy of the letter that they sent to him: To Artaxerxes the king: Thy servants the men o...
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Be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from thee unto us have come to Jerusalem; they are...
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Be it known therefore unto the king, that, if this city be built and the walls be completed, they wi...
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Now, since we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not right for us to see the king's injury, there...
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that search may be made in the book of the annals of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of...
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We inform the king that if this city be built and its walls be completed, by this means thou shalt h...
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The king sent an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their comp...
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The letter that ye sent to us has been read before me distinctly.
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And I gave orders, and search has been made, and it has been found that this city of old time has ma...
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And there have been mighty kings over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all beyond the river; and tribu...
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Now give order to make these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until the order shall be...
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and take heed that ye fail not to do this: why should harm grow to the damage of the kings?
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As soon as the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and t...
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Then ceased the work of the house of God (Elohim) which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased until the sec...
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