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Ezra 4:4
Good News Translation
Then the people who had been living in the land tried to discourage and frighten the Jews and keep them from building.
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Ezra 4:5
They also bribed Persian government officials to work against them. They kept on doing this throughout the reign of Emperor Cyrus and into the reign of Emperor Darius.
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Ezra 4:3
Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the heads of the clans told them, “We don't need your help to build a temple for the LORD our God. We will build it ourselves, just as Emperor Cyrus of Persia commanded us.”
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