1 Esdras 5:72
“But the heathen of the land lying heauy vpon the inhabitants of Iudea, and holding them straite, hindred their building:”
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1 Esdras 5:72 Context
70Then Zorobabel and Iesus, and the chiefe of the families of Israel said vnto them, It is not for vs and you to build together an house vnto the Lord our God. 71We our selues alone will build vnto the Lord of Israel, according as Cyrus the King of the Persians hath commanded vs. 72But the heathen of the land lying heauy vpon the inhabitants of Iudea, and holding them straite, hindred their building: 73And by their secret plots, and popular perswasions, and commotions, they hindred the finishing of the building, all the time that king Cyrus liued, so they were hindered from building for the space of two yeeres, vntill the reigne of Darius.
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But the heathen of the land lying heavy upon the inhabitants of Judea, and holding them strait, hindered their building;
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