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Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible - Apocrypha by Anonymous
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1Esdr 5:71
We ourselves alone will build unto the Lord of Israel,
according as Cyrus the king of the Persians hath commanded us.

1Esdr 5:72
But the heathen of the land lying heavy upon the inhabitants
of Judea, and holding them strait, hindered their building;

1Esdr 5:73
And by their secret plots, and popular persuasions and
commotions, they hindered the finishing of the building all the
time that king Cyrus lived: so they were hindered from building
for the space of two years, until the reign of Darius.

1Esdr 6:1
Now in the second year of the reign of Darius Aggeus and
Zacharias the son of Addo, the prophets, prophesied unto the
Jews in Jewry and Jerusalem in the name of the Lord God of
Israel, which was upon them.

1Esdr 6:2
Then stood up Zorobabel the son of Salatiel, and Jesus the
son of Josedec, and began to build the house of the Lord at
Jerusalem, the prophets of the Lord being with them, and helping
them.

1Esdr 6:3
At the same time came unto them Sisinnes the governor of
Syria and Phenice, with Sathrabuzanes and his companions, and
said unto them,
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