Ezra 4:5-7

International Children’s Bible

⁵ Their enemies hired others to delay the building plans. This went on during the time Cyrus was king of Persia. And it continued to the time Darius was king of Persia.

More Problems for the Builders

⁶ When Xerxes became king, those enemies wrote a letter against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.

⁷ Later Artaxerxes became king of Persia. Then Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and those with them wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. The letter was written in the Aramaic language.