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Ezra 04 General Notes
Structure and formatting
The story of the building of the temple and re-establishment of the temple worship continues in this chapter. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/temple)
Special concepts in this chapter
Helping to build the temple
The people of the surrounding nations offered to help to build the temple. It is unknown why the Jews refused their help. These other people became their enemies and tried to hinder the work. They even persuaded the king of Persia to stop the Jews from building.