Ezra 4:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Then the neighbouring people began to do everything possible to frighten the Jews and to make them stop building.

Cross References

2 Samuel 4:1

Ishbosheth felt like giving up after he heard that Abner had died in Hebron. Everyone in Israel was terrified.

Ezra 3:3

And they built the altar where it had stood before, even though they were afraid of the people who were already living around there. Then every morning and evening they burnt sacrifices and offerings to the LORD.

Ezra 4:5

During the time when Cyrus was king and even until Darius became king, they kept bribing government officials to slow down the work.

Nehemiah 4:11

Our enemies were saying, “Before those Jews know what has happened, we will sneak up and kill them and put an end to their work.”

Nehemiah 4:2

In front of his friends and the Samaritan army he said, “What is this feeble bunch of Jews trying to do? Are they going to rebuild the wall and offer sacrifices all in one day? Do they think they can make something out of this pile of scorched stones?”

Nehemiah 6:9

Our enemies were trying to frighten us and to keep us from our work. But I asked God to give me strength.

Jeremiah 38:4

So the four of them went to the king and said, “You should put Jeremiah to death, because he is making the soldiers and everyone else lose hope. He isn't trying to help our people; he's trying to harm them.”

Daniel 10:13

But the guardian angel of Persia opposed me for twenty-one days. Then Michael, who is one of the strongest guardian angels, came to rescue me from the kings of Persia.

Daniel 10:20

Then the angel said: Now do you understand why I have come? Soon I must leave to fight against the guardian angel of Persia. Then after I have defeated him, the guardian angel of Greece will attack me.