1 Esdras 5:70

⁶⁸So they went to Zerubbabel and Jeshua, and to the chief of the families, and said unto them, We will build together with you.

⁶⁹For we likewise, as ye, do obey your Lord, and do sacrifice unto him from the days of Esar-haddon the king of the Assyrians, who brought us hither.

— 1 Esdras 5:70 —

⁷¹We ourselves alone will build unto the Lord of Israel, according as Cyrus the king of the Persians hath commanded us.

⁷²But the heathen of the land lying heavy upon the inhabitants of Judea, and holding them strait, hindered their building;