Ezr 4:12, 15, Neh 2:19 | ESV | STEP | be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from you to us have gone to Jerusalem . They are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city . They are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations .

Ezra 4:12

12 be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from you to us have gone to Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are ^afinishing the walls and repairing the foundations.

Ezra 4:15

15 in order that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will find in the book of the records and learn that this city is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it from of old. That was why this city was laid waste.

Nehemiah 2:19

19 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and ^bGeshem the Arab heard of it, ^cthey jeered at us and despised us and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? ^dAre you rebelling against the king?”