Opposition to Rebuilding the Temple

When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin(A) heard that the returned exiles[a](B) were building a temple for the Lord, the God of Israel, they approached Zerubbabel and the family heads and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we also worship your God and have been sacrificing to him[b] since the time King Esar-haddon of Assyria brought us here.”(C)

But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of Israel’s families answered them, “You may have no part with us in building a house for our God,(D) since we alone will build it for the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia has commanded us.”(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 4:1 Lit the sons of the exile
  2. 4:2 Alt Hb tradition reads have not been sacrificing

11 Light dawns[a][b] for the righteous,
gladness for the upright in heart.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 97:11 One Hb ms, LXX, some ancient versions read rises to shine; Ps 112:4
  2. 97:11 Lit Light is sown

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