² they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers’ households, and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we, like you, seek your God; ^(A)and we have been sacrificing to Him since the days of ^(B)Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.”

^32 (A)They also feared the Lord and ^[a](B)appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who acted for them in the houses of the high places.