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2 Kings 25:27

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It happened in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;

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The Babylonian and Persian EmpiresThe Babylonian and Persian empires that carried Judah into exile and later allowed the return.
The Assyrian and Babylonian ExileThe kingdoms of Judah and Israel with the routes of the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities.

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These places trace Judah’s final collapse: Jerusalem, Jericho, Mizpah, and the Arabah lie in Judah; Riblah and Hamath

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2 Kings 25:27 mentions Arabah, Babylon, Chaldea, Egypt, Hamath, Jericho, Jerusalem, Mizpah and Riblah.

Arabah · Anastasia Pozdnyakova
Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky
Chaldea · M.Lubinski from Iraq,USA.
Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

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