Esther 8:5

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She said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces:

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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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Esther 8:5 mentions Ethiopia, India and Susa.

Ethiopia · Bertramz
India · AQEEL BAIG
Susa · Carole Raddato

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