Ezra 4:15
4:15 so that he may initiate a search of the records
of his predecessors
and discover in those records
that this city is rebellious
and injurious to both kings and provinces, producing internal revolts
from long ago.
It is for this very reason that this city was destroyed.
Ezra 6:8
6:8 “I also hereby issue orders as to what you are to do with those elders of the Jews in order to rebuild this temple of God. From the royal treasury, from the taxes of Trans-Euphrates the complete costs are to be given to these men, so that there may be no interruption of the work.
Ezra 6:12
6:12 May God who makes his name to reside there overthrow any king or nation
who reaches out
to cause such change so as to destroy this temple of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have given orders. Let them be carried out with precision!”
Ezra 7:26
7:26 Everyone who does not observe both the law of your God and the law of the king will be completely
liable to the appropriate penalty, whether it is death or banishment or confiscation of property or detainment in prison.”