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Ezra 4:2 KJV
Ezra · chapter 4 · verse 2 · King James Version
Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.Ezra 4:2 · King James Version
Ezra 4:2 in context
1Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;
2Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
3But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.
4Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
Key words (Strong's)
- ZerubbabelZᵉrubbâbelZerubbabel, an IsraeliteH2216 →
- sacrificezâbachto slaughter an animalH2076 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- chiefrôʼshthe head , whether literal or figurativeH7218 →
- buildbânâhto buildH1129 →
- camenâgashto be or come nearH5066 →
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