Ezra 4:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezra 4:1

Resistance to Rebuilding the Temple

1 Now when ^athe adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the descendants of the captivity were building the temple of the Lord God of Israel,

2 they came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers’ houses, and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we seek your God as you do; and we have sacrificed to Him ^asince the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.”

3 But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of the fathers’ houses of Israel said to them, ^a“You may do nothing with us to build a¹ house for our God; but we alone will build to the Lord God of Israel, as ^bKing Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.”

4 Then ^athe people of the land tried to discourage the people of Judah. They troubled them in building,

5 and hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of ^aDarius king of Persia.

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Definitions of words in Ezra 4:1:

Benjamin {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Benjamin {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Benjamin {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Captivity {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Captivity {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Israel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Israel {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Israel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Building {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

God {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Judah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Judah {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Lord {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing Ezra 4:1:

Zechariah {Easton's}
Ezra-nehemiah {I.S.B.E.}
Haggai {I.S.B.E.}

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