Ezra 4:4-6

New International Version

⁴ Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building.^{[a](A) 5} They bribed officials to work against them and frustrate their plans during the entire reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Later Opposition Under Xerxes and Artaxerxes

⁶ At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes,^[b](B) they lodged an accusation against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.^(C)