Ezra 4:4-6
4:4 Then the local people
began to discourage
the people of Judah and to dishearten them from building.
4:5 They were hiring advisers to oppose them, so as to frustrate their plans, throughout the time
of King Cyrus of Persia until the reign of King Darius
of Persia.
Official Complaints Are Lodged Against the Jews
4:6 At the beginning of the reign of Ahasuerus they filed an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
Ezra 4:24
4:24 So the work on the temple of God in Jerusalem came to a halt. It remained halted until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia.