Ezra 4:3 meaning and explanation
But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has commanded us.”
Ezra 4:3, Berean Standard Bible
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Zerubbabel, the governor, Jeshua the high priest and the family heads are answering the people already living in the land, who offered to help rebuild the temple. Those neighbors claimed to worship Israel's God but had been settled there by Assyrian kings and practiced a mixed religion.
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