Esther 2:5

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There was a certain Jew in Shushan the palace, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,

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The Babylonian and Persian EmpiresThe Babylonian and Persian empires that carried Judah into exile and later allowed the return.

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Susa was a principal royal city of the Persian Empire, where the events of Esther unfold. Babylon was the region of Jewish exile, while Jerusalem was the former homeland from which Mordecai’s family had been carried away under Babylonian conquest, explaining his Jewish identity in Persia.

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Esther 2:5 mentions Babylon, Jerusalem and Susa.

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