Ezra 4:1

The enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a Temple to the Lord, the God of Israel.

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Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;

In Context

2They came to Zerubbabel and the family leaders and said, “Please let us help you with the building work, for we worship your God like you do. In fact we have been sacrificing to him since the time of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.”

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Cross References

1 Kings 5:4But now the Lord my God has given me peace all around—no enemies, no bad things happening.

Ezra 1:11In total there were 5,400 gold and silver items. When the exiles left Babylon to go to Jerusalem Sheshbazzar took all these along with them.

Ezra 6:16Then the people of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of those who had returned from exile, all joyfully celebrated the dedication of God's Temple.

Ezra 7:9He had started the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, his gracious God going with him.

Ezra 10:16So this what the exiles did, selecting Ezra the priest and family leaders, according to their family divisions, all of them specifically named. On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to begin the inquiry,

Daniel 5:13So Daniel was brought in before the king. The king asked him, “Are you Daniel, one of the prisoners my father the king brought from Judah?

Matthew Henry on Ezra 4:1

The good work of rebuilding the temple was no sooner begun than it met with opposition from those that bore ill will to it; the Samaritans were enemies to the Jews and their religion, and they set themselves to obstruct it. I. They offered to be partners in the building of it, that they might have it in their power to retard it; but they were refused, ver. 1-3 . II. They discouraged them in it, and dissuaded them from it, ver. 4, 5 . III. They basely misrepresented the undertaking, and the undertakers, to the king… Read the whole commentary →

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