Ezra 4:5 Cross References

Ezra 4:5

5: They bribed agents to work against them and to frustrate their aims. This went on during the entire reign of King Cyrus of Persia and lasted until King Darius of Persia took the throne.

Nahum 1:11

  1. Who is this king of yours who dares to plot evil against the LORD?

Ezra 4:24

  1. The work on the Temple of God in Jerusalem had stopped, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia.

Acts 24:1

  1. Five days later Ananias, the high priest, arrived with some of the Jewish leaders and the lawyer Tertullus, to press charges against Paul.
  2. When Paul was called in, Tertullus laid charges against Paul in the following address to the governor: "Your Excellency, you have given peace to us Jews and have enacted reforms for us.
  3. And for all of this we are very grateful to you.
  4. But lest I bore you, kindly give me your attention for only a moment as I briefly outline our case against this man.
  5. For we have found him to be a troublemaker, a man who is constantly inciting the Jews throughout the world to riots and rebellions against the Roman government. He is a ringleader of the sect known as the Nazarenes.

Psalms 2:1

  1. Why do the nations rage? Why do the people waste their time with futile plans?
  2. The kings of the earth prepare for battle; the rulers plot together against the LORD and against his anointed one.

Ezra 5:5

  1. But because their God was watching over them, the leaders of the Jews were not prevented from building until a report was sent to Darius and he returned his decision.
  2. This is the letter that Tattenai the governor, Shethar-bozenai, and the other officials of the province west of the Euphrates River sent to King Darius:
  3. "Greetings to King Darius.
  4. We wish to inform you that we went to the construction site of the Temple of the great God in the province of Judah. It is being rebuilt with specially prepared stones, and timber is being laid in its walls. The work is going forward with great energy and success.
  5. We asked the leaders, `Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?'
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