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4:1 Opposition to rebuilding the temple

4 Now the enemies of Yehudah and Benyamin heard that the Israelis who’d come back from exile were building a temple for Israel’s God Yahweh. 2 so they went to Zerubavel and to the other clan leaders and they said to them, “Let us help you with the building work, because like you, we worship your God and we’ve been sacrificing to him since the days of the Assyrian king Esar-Haddon—the one who sent us here.”[ref]

3 But Zerubavel, and Yeshua, and the rest of the Israelis clan leaders said to them, “It’s not for you and for us to build a house for our God, but we ourselves together will build for Israel’s God Yahweh, just as the Persian King Koresh (Cyrus) has commanded us.”

4 Those local people had been discouraging the people of Yehudah and trying to stop them from building. 5 They’d also hired influencers to work against them throughout the reigns of the Persian kings Koresh (Cyrus) and Dareyavesh (Darius).

4:2: 2Ki 17:24-41.

4 and_ the _foes _of _they _heard of _Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_Binyāmīn if/because _that the _children _of the_exile a _temple [were]_building to/for_YHWH the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).
2 And_approached (to) Zərubāⱱel and_near/to the _heads _of the_families and_they _said to/for_them let _us _build with_you _all if/because like we _seek to_god _of_your _all’s and_to[fn] we [have _been]_sacrificing since_days _of ʼĒşar- ḩaddōn the _king _of ʼAshshūr the_brought DOM_us here.
3 And_he/it _said to/for_them Zərubāⱱel and_Yēshūˊa/(Jeshua) and_rest _of the _heads _of the_families of_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) not to/for_you _all and_with_us in_building a _house to_god _of_our if/because we together we _will _build _[it] to/for_YHWH the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) just_as commanded_us the_king Kōresh/(Cyrus) the _king _of Pāraş.
4 And_he/it _was the _people _of the_earth/land [were]_making _drop the _hands _of the _people _of Yəhūdāh and_made _afraid[fn] DOM_them to_build.
5 And_bribed against_them counselors to_frustrate plan _of_their all _of the _days _of Kōresh the _king _of Pāraş and_unto the _reign _of Dārəyāvesh the _king _of Pāraş.

4:2 Variant note: ו/לא: (x-qere) ’וְ/ל֣/וֹ’: lemma_c/l n_0.1.2.0 morph_HC/R/Sp3ms id_15ozy וְ/ל֣/וֹ

4:4 Variant note: ו/מבלהים: (x-qere) ’וּֽ/מְבַהֲלִ֥ים’: lemma_c/926 morph_HC/Vprmpa id_15Atm וּֽ/מְבַהֲלִ֥ים

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Temple of the Lord

The Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, where all Israelite males were commanded to offer sacrifices to the Lord (Exodus 23:14-19; Deuteronomy 16:16-17), underwent several stages of reconstruction and development over hundreds of years. The first Temple was built by King Solomon to replace the aging Tabernacle, and it was constructed on a threshing floor on high ground on the north side of the city (2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21). Hundreds of years later King Hezekiah expanded the platform surrounding the Temple. When Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians in 586 B.C., the Temple was completely destroyed (2 Kings 25:1-21; 2 Chronicles 36:17-21; Jeremiah 39:1-10; 52:1-30). It was rebuilt in 515 B.C. after a group of Jews returned to Judea from exile in Babylon (Ezra 1:5-6:15; Nehemiah 7:5-65). Herod the Great completely rebuilt and expanded the Temple once again around 20 B.C., making it one of the largest temples in the Roman world. Jesus’ first believers often met together in Solomon’s Colonnade, a columned porch that encircled the Temple Mount, perhaps carrying on a tradition started by Jesus himself (John 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12). But Herod’s Temple did not last long: After many Jews revolted against Rome, the Romans eventually recaptured Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple in A.D. 70.

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Opposition to rebuilding the temple

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