And the son of Sha’ul heard that Aḇnĕr had died in Ḥeḇron, and he lost heart, and all Yisra’ĕl was troubled.
Ezra 4:4 - The Scriptures 2009 And it came to be that the people of the land were weakening the hands of the people of Yehuḏah and troubling them in their building, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then [the Samaritans] the people of the land [continually] weakened the hands of the people of Judah and troubled and terrified them in building American Standard Version (1901) Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, Common English Bible The neighboring peoples discouraged the people of Judah, made them afraid to build, Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, it happened that the people of the land impeded the hands of the people of Judah, and they troubled them in building. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then the people of the land hindered the hands of the people of Juda, and troubled them in building. |
And the son of Sha’ul heard that Aḇnĕr had died in Ḥeḇron, and he lost heart, and all Yisra’ĕl was troubled.
So they set the slaughter-place on its stands, being afraid of the peoples of the lands. And they offered ascending offerings on it to יהוה, both the morning and evening ascending offerings.
and hiring counsellors against them to thwart their plans all the days of Koresh sovereign of Persia, even until the reign of Dareyawesh sovereign of Persia.
And our adversaries said, “Let them not know or see it until we come into their midst and shall kill them, and cause the work to cease.”
And he spoke before his brothers and the army of Shomeron, and said, “What are these feeble Yehuḏim doing? Are they going to restore, slaughter, complete it in a day? Are they going to bring to life the stones from the heaps of rubbish which are burned?”
For all of them were making us afraid, saying, “Let their hands slacken for the work, and it not be done.” But now, make my hands strong.
Then the heads said to the sovereign, “Please, let this man be put to death, because he is weakening the hands of the men of battle who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man does not seek the peace of this people, but the evil.”
“But the head of the rule of Persia withstood me twenty-one days. And see, Miḵa’ĕl, one of the chief heads, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the sovereigns of Persia.
And he said, “Do you know why I have come to you? And now I return to fight with the head of Persia. And when I have left, see, the head of Greece shall come.