Ezra 4:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezra 4:3

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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Topical Studies for Ezra 4:3:

Cyrus {Forerunner Commentary}
Cyrus {Nave's Topical Bible}

God {Forerunner Commentary}
God {Nave's Topical Bible}
God {Torrey's Topical Textbook}

House {Forerunner Commentary}
House {Nave's Topical Bible}

Israel {Forerunner Commentary}
Israel {Nave's Topical Bible}

Jeshua {Nave's Topical Bible}

King {Forerunner Commentary}
King {Nave's Topical Bible}

Lord {Forerunner Commentary}
Lord {Nave's Topical Bible}

Persia {Forerunner Commentary}
Persia {Nave's Topical Bible}

Rest {Forerunner Commentary}
Rest {Nave's Topical Bible}

Will {Forerunner Commentary}
Will {Nave's Topical Bible}

Zerubbabel {Forerunner Commentary}
Zerubbabel {Nave's Topical Bible}

Houses {Forerunner Commentary}
Houses {Torrey's Topical Textbook}

Nothing {Forerunner Commentary}

Other topical entries containing Ezra 4:3:

Temple, The Second {Torrey's Topical Textbook}

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