Bible: Ezra 4:4-5
4:4 Then the local people 1 began to discourage 2 the people of Judah and to dishearten them from building. 4:5 They were hiring advisers to oppose them, so as to frustrate their plans, throughout the time 3 of King Cyrus of Persia until the reign of King Darius 4 of Persia. 5
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