Ezr 4:6 | HCSB | STEP | At the beginning of the reign of Ahasuerus , the people who were already in the land wrote an accusation against the residents of Judah and Jerusalem .

Ezra 4:6

Opposition to Rebuilding the City

6 At the beginning of the reign of Ahasuerus, ^{▼▼= Xerxes; he reigned 486-465 b.c.
,} ^b the people who were already in the land ^{▼▼Lit people of the land
,} ^d wrote an accusation against the residents of Judah and Jerusalem.