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Ezra 4:3 KJV
Ezra · chapter 4 · verse 3
But 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.Ezra 4:3 · King James Version
Ezra 4:3 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,
5And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ZerubbabelZᵉrubbâbelZerubbabel, an IsraeliteH2216 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- JeshuaYêshûwaʻJeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place in PalestineH3442 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- chiefrôʼshthe head , whether literal or figurativeH7218 →
- buildbânâhto buildH1129 →
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We have here an instance of the old enmity that was put between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent. God's temple cannot be built, but Satan will rage, and the gates of hell will fight against it. The gospel kingdom was, in like manner, to be set up with much struggling and contention.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5