Ezra 4:1

VIN⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Now the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple for the LORD the God of Israel.

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Ezra 4:1 The adversaries, being not accepted in the building of the temple with the Jews, endeavour to hinder it.
Ezra 4:7 Their letter to Artaxerxes.
Ezra 4:17 The answer and decree of Artaxerxes.
Ezra 4:23 The building is hindered.

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; 1 Kings 5:5; 1 Chronicles 22:9; 1 Chronicles 22:10; 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; Ezra 6:19; Ezra 6:20; Ezra 10:7; Ezra 10:16; Daniel 5:13