Ezra 4:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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

Cross References

Nahum 1:11

Someone from Nineveh is making evil plans against the Lord. That advisor is a worthless troublemaker.

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.

Ezra 4:24

So the work stopped on God’s Temple in Jerusalem. The work did not continue until the second year that Darius was king of Persia.

2 Chronicles 22:4

Ahaziah did evil 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 led to his death.

Ezra 4:4

So the enemies began to discourage them and tried to frighten them in order to stop them from building the Temple.

Ezra 4:6

These enemies even wrote letters to the king of Persia trying to stop the Jews. They wrote a letter the year that Xerxes became the king of Persia.

Daniel 10:13

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