Ezra 10:6

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Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and [when] he came there, he ate no bread, nor drink water; for he mourned because of the trespass of them of the captivity.

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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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Jerusalem was the restored center of Judah’s worship and community after the exile, where the temple stood and the returned exiles gathered. In this passage, Ezra withdraws to the chamber of Jehohanan there in grief and fasting over Israel’s unfaithfulness through intermarriage.

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Ezra 10:6 mentions Jerusalem.

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