Zerubbabel was the head of Isreal or the governor at this time.
They try and act like they are friends here saying come on let us in we are on the same side.
Read Opening up Ezra
Vs 3 Isreal decision
Isreal and Isreal alone will build
In your life the will be times when God has something for YOU to do, you will be tempted to pass it off but it is not right for you to pass off God’s will for your life on to someone else.
Vs 4-5 True Colors are shown
Here we see what they really wanted to do
Vs 6 The end game.
Here we see that they wrote an accusation to Ahasuerus as an attempt to finally end construction.
Ahasuerus ( Xerxes) and then Artexerxes reigned between Cyrus who made the decree and Darius who we will see over the next few weeks resumed the work.
