וַיִּגְּשׁ֨וּ אֶל־זְרֻבָּבֶ֜ל וְאֶל־רָאשֵׁ֣י הָֽאָב֗וֹת וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ לָהֶם֙ נִבְנֶ֣ה עִמָּכֶ֔ם כִּ֣י כָכֶ֔ם נִדְר֖וֹשׁ לֵֽאלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם ולא [וְל֣וֹ ׀] אֲנַ֣חְנוּ זֹבְחִ֗ים מִימֵי֙ אֵסַ֤ר חַדֹּן֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר הַמַּעֲלֶ֥ה אֹתָ֖נוּ פֹּֽה׃
ay lumapit sila kay Zerubabel at sa mga pinuno ng mga sambahayan ng kanilang mga ninuno, at sinabi sa kanila: “Hayaan ninyong makipagtayo kami sa inyo, sapagkat tulad ninyo ay hinahanap din namin ang inyong Diyos, at sa Kanya kami naghahandog ng mga hain mula pa noong mga araw ni Esar-hadon na hari ng Asiria, na siyang nagdala sa amin dito.”
Rashi
and said to them, “Let us build with you...” They said this in order that through them the work of the Temple should be disrupted, that they should build no more.
Rashi
since the days of Esarhaddon the king of Assyria the son of Sannecherib, for after Sannecherib settled them there, as it says (II Kings 19:37, Isa. 37:38): “And he was prostrating himself in the temple of Nisroch his god, and Adramelech and Sharezer, his sons, slew him by the sword etc., and his son Esarhaddon reigned in his stead.”