Ezra 4:1
When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the Lord, the God of Israel,
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of Israel;
Note the children…: Heb. the sons of the transportation
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to the Lord, the God of Israel,
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple unto Jehovah, the God of Israel;
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the adversaries
- These were the Samaritans, the descendants of the various nations with which the kings of Assyria had peopled Israel, when they had carried the original inhabitants captive.
- Ezra 7:9; 1 Kings 5:4, 5; 1 Chronicles 22:9, 10; Nehemiah 4:1–11; Daniel 9:25; 1 Corinthians 16:9
- children of the captivity
- Heb. sons of the transportation.
- Ezra 1:11; Ezra 6:16, 19, 20; Ezra 10:7, 16; Daniel 5:13