Ezra 4:1-4

Ezra 4:1-4

[1] Now when the adversaries  of Judah  and Benjamin  heard  that the children  of the captivity  builded  the temple  unto the LORD  God  of Israel;  [2] 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.  [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. [4] Then the people  of the land  weakened  the hands  of the people  of Judah,  them in building,