Ezr 4:4 | TNotes | STEP | 4:4 Realizing that they would have no way to influence an established Jewish community (4:1-3 ), the foreigners took hostile measures to neutralize the growing political power of the Israelites.

‏ Ezra 4:4

4:4 ^a Realizing that they would have no way to influence an established Jewish community (4:1-3 ^b), the foreigners took hostile measures to neutralize the growing political power of the Israelites.