Ezra 4:4-6

Good News Translation

⁴ Then the people who had been living in the land tried to discourage and frighten the Jews and keep them from building. ⁵ They also bribed Persian government officials to work against them. They kept on doing this throughout the reign of Emperor Cyrus and into the reign of Emperor Darius.^[a]

Opposition to the Rebuilding of Jerusalem

^6 [b]At the beginning of the reign of Emperor Xerxes, the enemies of the people living in Judah and Jerusalem brought written charges against them.