Ezra 4:5

and bribed counselors against them to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Ezra 4:24

Then the work on the house of God that is in Jerusalem stopped, and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Ezra 5:5-18

But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them until the report should reach Darius and then an answer be returned by letter concerning it.

Psalm 2:1-2

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

Nahum 1:11

From you came one who plotted evil against the LORD, a worthless counselor.

Acts 24:1-27

And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And hired counsellers against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Bible References

Hired

Psalm 2:1
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
Nahum 1:11
From you came one who plotted evil against the LORD, a worthless counselor.

Darius

Ezra 4:24
Then the work on the house of God that is in Jerusalem stopped, and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Ezra 5:5
But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them until the report should reach Darius and then an answer be returned by letter concerning it.
Ezra 6:1
Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in Babylonia, in the house of the archives where the documents were stored.

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