Ezra 4:1

New Century Version

When the enemies of the people of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned captives were building a Temple for the Lord, the God of Israel,

Cross References

Ezra 1:11

There was a total of fifty-four hundred pieces of gold and silver. Sheshbazzar brought all these things along when the captives went from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Ezra 10:16

So the returned captives did what was suggested. Ezra the priest chose men who were leaders of the family groups and named one from each family division. On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to study each case.

Ezra 10:7

They sent an order in Judah and Jerusalem for all the captives who had returned to meet together in Jerusalem.

Ezra 3:13

The people made so much noise it could be heard far away, and no one could tell the difference between the joyful shouting and the sad crying.

Ezra 6:16

Then the people of Israel celebrated and gave the Temple to God to honor him. Everybody was happy: the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the Jewish people who had returned from captivity.

Ezra 7:9

Ezra had left Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, because God was helping him.

Daniel 5:13

So they brought Daniel to the king, and the king asked, “Is your name Daniel? Are you one of the captives my father the king brought from Judah?

Daniel 9:25

“Learn and understand these things. A command will come to rebuild Jerusalem. The time from this command until the appointed leader comes will be forty-nine years and four hundred thirty-four years. Jerusalem will be rebuilt with streets and a trench filled with water around it, but it will be built in times of trouble.

1 Corinthians 16:9

because a good opportunity for a great and growing work has been given to me now. And there are many people working against me.