Ezra 4
15 Ref that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers: so shall you find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time; for which cause was this city laid waste.
16 Ref We inform the king that, if this city be built, and the walls finished, by this means you shall have no portion beyond the River.