and hiredcounselorsagainstthem to frustratetheir counselallthe daysof Cyruskingof Persia,even untilthe reignof Dariuskingof Persia.
He didevilin the sightof the LORDlike the houseof Ahab,for they were his counselorsafterthe deathof his father,to his destruction.
Thenworkon the houseof Godin Jerusalemceased,and it was stoppeduntilthe secondyearof the reignof Dariuskingof Persia.
Then the peopleof the landdiscouragedthe peopleof Judah,and frightenedthem from building,
Now in the reignof Ahasuerus,in the beginningof his reign,they wrotean accusationagainstthe inhabitantsof Judahand Jerusalem.
But the eyeof their Godwas on the eldersof the Jews,and they did not stopthem untila reportcould cometo Darius,and thena writtenreplybe returnedconcerningit.
"But the princeof the kingdomof Persiawas withstandingme for twenty-onedays;then behold,Michael,oneof the chiefprinces,cameto helpme, for I had been lefttherewith the kingsof Persia.
From you has goneforthOne who plottedevilagainstthe LORD,A wickedcounselor.
