Ezra 4:5

Easy To Read Version

Those enemies hired government officials to work against the people of Judah. Those officials constantly did things to stop the Jews’ plans to build the temple. This continued the whole time that Cyrus was the king of Persia until Darius became the king of Persia.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 22:4

Ahaziah did evil things in the Lord’s sight. That is what Ahab’s family did. Ahab’s family gave advice to Ahaziah after Ahaziah’s father died. They gave Ahaziah bad advice. That bad advice led to his death.

Ezra 4:4

\{This made those people angry\}. So those people started bothering the Jews. They tried to discourage them and stop them from building the temple.

Ezra 4:6

Those enemies even wrote letters to the king of Persia trying to stop the Jews. They wrote a letter the year that Xerxes {\cf2\super [15]} became the king of Persia.

Ezra 5:5

But God was watching over the Jewish leaders. The builders didn’t have to stop working until a report could be sent to King Darius. They continued working until the king sent his answer back.

Daniel 10:13

But the prince (angel) of Persia has been fighting against me and bothering me for 21 days. Then Michael, one of the most important princes (angels), came to help me because I was stuck there with the king of Persia.

Nahum 1:11

\{Assyria,\} a man came from you.\par He made evil plans against the Lord.\par He gave evil advice.\par