The Jews at first stood their ground, declaring: “You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God, for we ourselves shall together build to Jehovah the God of Israel, just as King Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us. ” Those neighbors now became bitter opposers.
उन्होंने कुस्रू के उत्तराधिकारी, अर्तक्षत्र को स्थिति का ग़लत रूप प्रस्तुत किया, जिसने मन्दिर के निर्माण पर प्रतिबन्ध लगा दिया ।