Ezr 4:2 | HCSB | STEP | they approached Zerubbabel and the leaders of the families and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we also worship your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time King Esar-haddon of Assyria brought us here .”

Ezra 4:2

2 they approached Zerubbabel and the leaders of the families and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we also worship your God and have been sacrificing to Him ^{▼▼Alt Hb tradition reads have not been sacrificing} since the time King Esar-haddon of Assyria ^{▼▼Esar-haddon reigned 681-669 b.c.} brought us here.” ^c