Ezra:4:2-10

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* Then they came to Zerubbabel , and to the chief of the fathers , and said unto them , Let us build with you : for we seek your God , as ye do ; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon #Ecar-Chaddown # king of Assur , which brought us up hither . * But Zerubbabel , and Jeshua , and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel Yisra #el #, said unto them , Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God ; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel Yisra #el #, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us . * Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah , and troubled (8675 ) them in building , * And hired counsellors against them , to frustrate their purpose , all the days of Cyrus king of Persia , even until the reign of Darius king of Persia . * And in the reign of Ahasuerus , in the beginning of his reign , wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem . * And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam , Mithredath , Tabeel tab @#el #, and the rest of their companions , unto Artaxerxes king of Persia ; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue , and interpreted in the Syrian tongue . * Rehum the chancellor #H2942and Shimshai the scribe wrote k @ a letter against Jerusalem Y @ruwshalem (Chald )# to Artaxerxes the king in this sort : * Then wrote Rehum the chancellor #H2942 t @#em #, and Shimshai the scribe , and the rest of their companions ; the Dinaites , the Apharsathchites #Apharc @kay #, the Tarpelites , the Apharsites #Aphar @cay #, the Archevites #Ark @vay #, the Babylonians , the Susanchites , the Dehavites , and the Elamites , * And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over g @, and set y @ in the cities of Samaria , and the rest that are on this side the river , and at such a time k @#eneth #.

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