4 Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah (praised) and make them afraid to build.

5 They hired counselors against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of Cyrus (possess the furnace) king of Persia (pure / splendid) and down to the reign of Darius (lord) king of Persia.

Ezra 4:4-5, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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