² 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^(A) king of Assyria, who brought us here.”^(B)

³² They worshiped the Lord, but they also appointed all sorts^(A) of their own people to officiate for them as priests in the shrines at the high places.