Priljubljene svetopisemske vrstice iz Ezra 4

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Then [the Samaritans] the people of the land [continually] weakened the hands of the people of Judah and troubled and terrified them in building

And hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose and plans all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius [II] king of Persia.

But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of fathers' houses of Israel said to them, You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves will together build to the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us.