Ezra 4:1-3

4:1

Now when the adversaries
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of Judah
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and Benjamin
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heard
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that the children
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of the captivity
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builded
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the temple
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unto the LORD
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God
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of Israel
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{the children...: Heb. the sons of the transportation}

4:2

Then they came
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to Zerubbabel
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and to the chief
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of the fathers
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and said
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unto them, Let us build
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with you: for we seek
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your God
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as ye [do]; and we do sacrifice
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unto him since the days
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of Esarhaddon
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king
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of Assur
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which brought us up hither
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4:3

But Zerubbabel
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and Jeshua
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and the rest
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of the chief
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of the fathers
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of Israel
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said
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unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build
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an house
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unto our God
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but we ourselves together
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will build
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unto the LORD
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God
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of Israel
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as king
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Cyrus
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the king
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of Persia
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hath commanded
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us.