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The Bible, A General Education Bible Study – “_Courage_”
“Dis- or En-“ – Ezra 4:1-5, 24; NASB1995
Adversaries Hinder the Work – Ezra 4:1-5, 24 NASB1995
“1 Now when the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the people of the exile were building a temple to the Lord God of Israel, 2 they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers’ households, and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we, like you, seek your God; and we have been sacrificing to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.” 3 But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of fathers’ households of Israel said to them, “You have nothing in common with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves will together build to the Lord God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia has commanded us.”
4 Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and frightened them from building, 5 and hired counselors against them to frustrate their counsel all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.” …
“24 Then work on the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it was stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.“ Ezra 4:1-5, 24 NASB1995
Booklet answer: Dis-, powerful, discourage, opposite, En-, blessing, barriers, Include, team.