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1 Esdras 5:72-73 World English Bible (WEB)

72. But the heathen of the land lying heavy upon the inhabitants of Judaea, and holding them strait, hindered their building;

73. and by their secret plots, and popular persuasions and commotions, they hindered the finishing of the building all the time that King Cyrus lived: so they were hindered from building for the space of two years, until the reign of Darius.

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