Ezra 4:4-6

Complete Jewish Bible

⁴ Then the people of the land began discouraging the people of Y’hudah, in order to make them afraid to build. ⁵ They also bribed officials to frustrate their plan throughout the lifetime of Koresh king of Persia and on into the reign of Daryavesh king of Persia. ⁶ During the reign of Achashverosh, at the beginning of his reign, they brought a charge in writing against the people living in Y’hudah and Yerushalayim.