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Selected Verse: Ezra 4:5 - Strong Concordance

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Ezr 4:5 Strong Concordance And hired [07936] counsellors [03289] against them, to frustrate [06565] their purpose [06098], all the days [03117] of Cyrus [03566] king [04428] of Persia [06539], even until the reign [04438] of Darius [01867] king [04428] of Persia [06539].
  King James And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Hired counselors - Rather, "bribed" officials at the Persian court to interpose delays and create difficulties, in order to hinder the work.

Darius - i. e., Darius, the son of Hystaspes
 
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2 In those days [03117] I Daniel [01840] was mourning [056] three [07969] full [03117] weeks [07620].
4 Then the people [05971] of the land [0776] weakened [07503] the hands [03027] of the people [05971] of Judah [03063], and troubled [0926] [01089] them in building [01129],