the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building

 Ezra 4:1-24

When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the Lord, the God of Israel, they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of the families and said, “Let us help you build because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to him since the time of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.”

But Zerubbabel, Joshua and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel answered, “You have no part with us in building a temple to our God. We alone will build it for the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, commanded us.”

Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building. They bribed officials to work against them and frustrate their plans during the entire reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.

At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, they lodged an accusation against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.

The letter you sent us has been read and translated in my presence. I issued an order and a search was made, and it was found that this city has a long history of revolt against kings and has been a place of rebellion and sedition. Jerusalem has had powerful kings ruling over the whole of Trans-Euphrates, and taxes, tribute and duty were paid to them. Now issue an order to these men to stop work, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order. Be careful not to neglect this matter. Why let this threat grow, to the detriment of the royal interests?

Thus the work on the house of God in Jerusalem came to a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Why?

During the people of Judah and Benjamin building the temple for the Lord, The enemies accused King Xerxes, of the false accusation. And because there is the history of Isreal rebelled so the king ordered them to stop rebuilding the Temple until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

It is the work of Satan, they always don't like the Temple rebuilt. So there are false accusations to Israelites and Christians.

We are fighting with the dark world and Satan, not the people of this world.

How?

Only Love can conquer the evil of this world! May the Lord help us and give us the strength to face this world.