annoyance of kings,

1Esdr 2:30
Then king Artexerxes his letters being read, Rathumus, and
Semellius the scribe, and the rest that were in commission with
them, removing in haste toward Jerusalem with a troop of
horsemen and a multitude of people in battle array, began to
hinder the builders; and the building of the temple in Jerusalem
ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of the
Persians.

1Esdr 3:1
Now when Darius reigned, he made a great feast unto all his
subjects, and unto all his household, and unto all the princes
of Media and Persia,

1Esdr 3:2
And to all the governors and captains and lieutenants that
were under him, from India unto Ethiopia, of an hundred twenty
and seven provinces.

1Esdr 3:3
And when they had eaten and drunken, and being satisfied were
gone home, then Darius the king went into his bedchamber, and
slept, and soon after awaked.

1Esdr 3:4
Then three young men, that were of the guard that kept the
king's body, spake one to another;