Ezra 4:1
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of Israel;
Context
This verse from Ezra Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. The adversaries of Judah and Benjamin offer to help build the temple but are rebuffed because Cyrus commissioned the Israelites alone; the adversaries then work persistently to frustrate the building throughout Cyrus's reign and into Darius's. They write a letter …
Other Translations
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple unto Jehovah, the God of Israel;
And adversaries of Judah and Benjamin hear that the sons of the captivity are building a temple to Jehovah, God of Israel,
Now news came to the haters of Judah and Benjamin that the people who had come back were building a Temple to the Lord, the God of Israel;
Cross References
He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; …
Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him …
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the …
And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves …
For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first …
For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all …
And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.
And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept …
And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over, and set in the cities of …
And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of …