Verse 1

Now when the adversaries{H6862} of Judah{H3063} and Benjamin{H1144} heard{H8085}{(H8799)} that the children{H1121} of the captivity{H1473} builded{H1129}{(H8802)} the temple{H1964} unto the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478};

Referenced Verses

  • Ezra 1:11 : 11 All the vessels{H3627} of gold{H2091} and of silver{H3701} were five{H2568} thousand{H505} and four{H702} hundred{H3967}. All these did Sheshbazzar{H8339} bring up{H5927}{(H8689)} with them of the captivity{H1473} that were brought up{H5927}{(H8736)} from Babylon{H894} unto Jerusalem{H3389}.
  • Ezra 4:7-9 : 7 And in the days{H3117} of Artaxerxes{H783} wrote{H3789}{(H8804)} Bishlam{H1312}, Mithredath{H4990}, Tabeel{H2870}, and the rest{H7605} of their companions{H3674}, unto Artaxerxes{H783} king{H4428} of Persia{H6539}; and the writing{H3791} of the letter{H5406} was written{H3789}{(H8803)} in the Syrian tongue{H762}, and interpreted{H8638}{(H8794)} in the Syrian tongue{H762}. 8 Rehum{H7348} the chancellor{H1169}{H2942} and Shimshai{H8124} the scribe{H5613} wrote{H3790}{(H8754)} a{H2298} letter{H104} against{H5922} Jerusalem{H3390} to Artaxerxes{H783} the king{H4430} in this sort{H3660}: 9 Then{H116} wrote Rehum{H7348} the chancellor{H1169}{H2942}, and Shimshai{H8124} the scribe{H5613}, and the rest{H7606} of their companions{H3675}; the Dinaites{H1784}, the Apharsathchites{H671}, the Tarpelites{H2967}, the Apharsites{H670}, the Archevites{H756}, the Babylonians{H896}, the Susanchites{H7801}, the Dehavites{H1723}, and the Elamites{H5962}, 10 And the rest{H7606} of the nations{H524} whom{H1768} the great{H7229} and noble{H3358} Asnappar{H620} brought over{H1541}{(H8684)}, and set{H3488}{(H8684)}{H1994} in the cities{H7149} of Samaria{H8115}, and the rest{H7606} that are on this side{H5675} the river{H5103}, and at such a time{H3706}.
  • Ezra 6:16 : 16 And the children{H1123} of Israel{H3479}, the priests{H3549}, and the Levites{H3879}, and the rest{H7606} of the children{H1123} of the captivity{H1547}, kept{H5648}{(H8754)} the dedication{H2597} of this{H1836} house{H1005} of God{H426} with joy{H2305},
  • Ezra 6:19-20 : 19 And the children{H1121} of the captivity{H1473} kept{H6213}{(H8799)} the passover{H6453} upon the fourteenth{H702}{H6240} day of the first{H7223} month{H2320}. 20 For the priests{H3548} and the Levites{H3881} were purified{H2891}{(H8694)} together{H259}, all of them were pure{H2889}, and killed{H7819}{(H8799)} the passover{H6453} for all the children{H1121} of the captivity{H1473}, and for their brethren{H251} the priests{H3548}, and for themselves.
  • Ezra 7:9 : 9 For upon the first{H259} day of the first{H7223} month{H2320} began{H3246} he to go up{H4609} from Babylon{H894}, and on the first{H259} day of the fifth{H2549} month{H2320} came{H935}{(H8804)} he to Jerusalem{H3389}, according to the good{H2896} hand{H3027} of his God{H430} upon him.
  • Ezra 10:7 : 7 And they made proclamation{H5674}{(H8686)}{H6963} throughout Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389} unto all the children{H1121} of the captivity{H1473}, that they should gather themselves together{H6908}{(H8736)} unto Jerusalem{H3389};
  • Ezra 10:16 : 16 And the children{H1121} of the captivity{H1473} did so{H6213}{(H8799)}. And Ezra{H5830} the priest{H3548}, with certain{H582} chief{H7218} of the fathers{H1}, after the house{H1004} of their fathers{H1}, and all of them by their names{H8034}, were separated{H914}{(H8735)}, and sat down{H3427}{(H8799)} in the first{H259} day{H3117} of the tenth{H6224} month{H2320} to examine{H1875}{(H8800)} the matter{H1697}.
  • Neh 4:1-9 : 1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat{H5571} heard{H8085}{(H8804)} that we builded{H1129}{(H8802)} the wall{H2346}, he was wroth{H2734}{(H8799)}, and took great{H7235}{(H8687)} indignation{H3707}{(H8799)}, and mocked{H3932}{(H8686)} the Jews{H3064}. 2 And he spake{H559}{(H8799)} before{H6440} his brethren{H251} and the army{H2428} of Samaria{H8111}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, What do{H6213}{(H8802)} these feeble{H537} Jews{H3064}? will they fortify{H5800}{(H8799)} themselves? will they sacrifice{H2076}{(H8799)}? will they make an end{H3615}{(H8762)} in a day{H3117}? will they revive{H2421}{(H8762)} the stones{H68} out of the heaps{H6194} of the rubbish{H6083} which are burned{H8313}{(H8803)}? 3 Now Tobiah{H2900} the Ammonite{H5984} was by him{H681}, and he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Even that which they build{H1129}{(H8802)}, if a fox{H7776} go up{H5927}{(H8799)}, he shall even break down{H6555}{(H8804)} their stone{H68} wall{H2346}. 4 Hear{H8085}{(H8798)}, O our God{H430}; for we are despised{H939}: and turn{H7725}{(H8685)} their reproach{H2781} upon their own head{H7218}, and give{H5414}{(H8798)} them for a prey{H961} in the land{H776} of captivity{H7633}: 5 And cover{H3680}{(H8762)} not their iniquity{H5771}, and let not their sin{H2403} be blotted out{H4229}{(H8735)} from before{H6440} thee: for they have provoked thee to anger{H3707}{(H8689)} before the builders{H1129}{(H8802)}. 6 So built{H1129}{(H8799)} we the wall{H2346}; and all the wall{H2346} was joined together{H7194}{(H8735)} unto the half{H2677} thereof: for the people{H5971} had a mind{H3820} to work{H6213}{(H8800)}. 7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat{H5571}, and Tobiah{H2900}, and the Arabians{H6163}, and the Ammonites{H5984}, and the Ashdodites{H796}, heard{H8085}{(H8804)} that the walls{H2346} of Jerusalem{H3389} were made up{H724}{H5927}{(H8804)}, and that the breaches{H6555}{(H8803)} began{H2490}{(H8689)} to be stopped{H5640}{(H8736)}, then they were very{H3966} wroth{H2734}{(H8799)}, 8 And conspired{H7194}{(H8799)} all of them together{H3162} to come{H935}{(H8800)} and to fight{H3898}{(H8736)} against Jerusalem{H3389}, and to hinder{H6213}{(H8800)}{H8442} it. 9 Nevertheless we made our prayer{H6419}{(H8691)} unto our God{H430}, and set{H5975}{(H8686)} a watch{H4929} against them day{H3119} and night{H3915}, because{H6440} of them. 10 And Judah{H3063} said{H559}{(H8799)}, The strength{H3581} of the bearers of burdens{H5449} is decayed{H3782}{(H8804)}, and there is much{H7235}{(H8687)} rubbish{H6083}; so that we are not able{H3201}{(H8799)} to build{H1129}{(H8800)} the wall{H2346}. 11 And our adversaries{H6862} said{H559}{(H8799)}, They shall not know{H3045}{(H8799)}, neither see{H7200}{(H8799)}, till we come{H935}{(H8799)} in the midst{H8432} among{H8432} them, and slay{H2026}{(H8804)} them, and cause the work{H4399} to cease{H7673}{(H8689)}.
  • Dan 5:13 : 13 Then{H116} was Daniel{H1841} brought in{H5954}{(H8717)} before{H6925} the king{H4430}. And the king{H4430} spake{H6032}{(H8750)} and said{H560}{(H8750)} unto Daniel{H1841}, Art thou{H607} that Daniel{H1841}, which art of{H4481} the children{H1123} of the captivity{H1547} of Judah{H3061}, whom the king{H4430} my father{H2} brought{H858}{(H8684)} out of{H4481} Jewry{H3061}?
  • Dan 9:25 : 25 Know{H3045}{(H8799)} therefore and understand{H7919}{(H8686)}, that from the going forth{H4161} of the commandment{H1697} to restore{H7725}{(H8687)} and to build{H1129}{(H8800)} Jerusalem{H3389} unto the Messiah{H4899} the Prince{H5057} shall be seven{H7651} weeks{H7620}, and threescore{H8346} and two{H8147} weeks{H7620}: the street{H7339} shall be built{H1129}{(H8738)} again{H7725}{(H8799)}, and the wall{H2742}, even in troublous{H6695} times{H6256}.
  • 1 Cor 16:9 : 9 For{G1063} a great{G3173} door{G2374} and{G2532} effectual{G1756} is opened{G455}{(G5754)} unto me{G3427}, and{G2532} there are many{G4183} adversaries{G480}{(G5740)}.
  • 1 Kgs 5:4-5 : 4 But now the LORD{H3068} my God{H430} hath given me rest{H5117}{(H8689)} on every side{H5439}, so that there is neither adversary{H7854} nor evil{H7451} occurrent{H6294}. 5 And, behold, I purpose{H559}{(H8802)} to build{H1129}{(H8800)} an house{H1004} unto the name{H8034} of the LORD{H3068} my God{H430}, as the LORD{H3068} spake{H1696}{(H8765)} unto David{H1732} my father{H1}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Thy son{H1121}, whom I will set{H5414}{(H8799)} upon thy throne{H3678} in thy room, he shall build{H1129}{(H8799)} an house{H1004} unto my name{H8034}.
  • 1 Chr 22:9-9 : 9 Behold, a son{H1121} shall be born{H3205}{(H8737)} to thee, who shall be a man{H376} of rest{H4496}; and I will give him rest{H5117}{(H8689)} from all his enemies{H341}{(H8802)} round about{H5439}: for his name{H8034} shall be Solomon{H8010}, and I will give{H5414}{(H8799)} peace{H7965} and quietness{H8253} unto Israel{H3478} in his days{H3117}. 10 He shall build{H1129}{(H8799)} an house{H1004} for my name{H8034}; and he shall be my son{H1121}, and I will be his father{H1}; and I will establish{H3559}{(H8689)} the throne{H3678} of his kingdom{H4438} over Israel{H3478} for{H5704} ever{H5769}.