¹¹ From that land he went to Assyria^(A) and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,

² they approached Zerubbabel and the leaders of the families and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we also worship your God and have been sacrificing to Him^[a] since the time King Esar-haddon of Assyria^[b] brought us here.”^(A)