Ezra 4:5

They were hiring advisers to oppose them, so as to frustrate their plans, throughout the time of King Cyrus of Persia until the reign of King Darius of Persia.

Ezra 4:24

So the work on the temple of God in Jerusalem came to a halt. It remained halted until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia.

Ezra 5:5-18

But God was watching over the elders of Judah, and they were not stopped until a report could be dispatched to Darius and a letter could be sent back concerning this.

Psalm 2:1-2

Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?

Nahum 1:11

From you, O Nineveh, one has marched forth who plots evil against the Lord, a wicked military strategist.

Acts 24:1-27

After five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney named Tertullus, and they brought formal charges against Paul to the governor.

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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 rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?
Nahum 1:11
From you, O Nineveh, one has marched forth who plots evil against the Lord, a wicked military strategist.

Darius

Ezra 4:24
So the work on the temple of God in Jerusalem came to a halt. It remained halted until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia.
Ezra 5:5
But God was watching over the elders of Judah, and they were not stopped until a report could be dispatched to Darius and a letter could be sent back concerning this.
Ezra 6:1
So Darius the king issued orders, and they searched in the archives of the treasury which were deposited there in Babylon.

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