Verse 1
Ezra 4:1
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple unto Jehovah, the God (Elohim) of Israel;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַֽ/יִּשְׁמְע֔וּ צָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה וּ/בִנְיָמִ֑ן כִּֽי בְנֵ֤י הַ/גּוֹלָה֙ בּוֹנִ֣ים הֵיכָ֔ל לַ/יהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
And the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the sons of the exile were building a temple for the Lord, the God of Israel.
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Chapter 4 Context
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Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were buildin...
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then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers’ houses, and said unto them, Let us b...
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But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers’ houses of Israel, said unto them,...
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Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building...
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and hired counselors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia,...
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And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they an accusation against the i...
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And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, unt...
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Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king...
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then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dina...
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and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over, and set in the city of S...
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This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto Artaxerxes the king: Thy servants the men beyond...
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Be it known unto the king, that the Jews that came up from thee are come to us unto Jerusalem; they...
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Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be built, and the walls finished, they will not pa...
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Now because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not meet for us to see the king’s dishonor, the...
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that search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of...
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We certify the king that, if this city be built, and the walls finished, by this means thou shalt ha...
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Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest...
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The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.
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And I decreed, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insur...
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There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all the country beyond the Riv...
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Make ye now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until a decree sh...
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And take heed that ye be not slack herein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
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Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and th...
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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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