Ezra 4:3

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of Israel’s families answered them, ‘You may have no part with us in building a house for our God,  since we alone will build it for the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia has commanded us.’

Cross References

Nehemiah 2:20

I gave them this reply, ‘The God of the heavens is the one who will grant us success. We, his servants, will start building, but you have no share, right, or historic claim in Jerusalem.’

Acts 8:21

You have no part or share in this matter, because your heart is not right before God.

Matthew 10:16

‘Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Isaiah 45:4

I call you by your name, for the sake of my servant Jacob and Israel my chosen one. I give a name to you, though you do not know me.

Isaiah 44:28

who says to Cyrus,  ‘My shepherd, he will fulfil all my pleasure’ and says to Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Its foundation will be laid.’

2 Chronicles 36:22

In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia,  in order to fulfil the word of the Lord spoken through  Jeremiah,  the Lord roused the spirit of King Cyrus  of Persia to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and also to put it in writing:

John 4:9

‘How is it that you, a Jew,  ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan  woman? ’ she asked him. For Jews do not associate with  Samaritans.

Ezra 1:1

In  the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfil the word of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah,  the Lord roused the spirit  of King Cyrus to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and to put it in writing:

Ezra 1:2

This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord, the God of the heavens, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build him a house at Jerusalem in Judah.

Ezra 3:8

In the second month of the second year after they arrived at God’s house in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak,  and the rest of their brothers, including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began to build. They appointed the Levites who were twenty years old or more to supervise the work on the Lord’s house.

Ezra 1:3

Any of his people among you, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the Lord, the God of Israel,  the God who is in Jerusalem.