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Ezra 4:16

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We inform the king that, if this city be built, and the walls finished, by this means you shall have no portion beyond the River.

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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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Places in this passage

Ezra 4:16 mentions Assyria, Babylon, Beyond the River, Elam, Erech, Jerusalem, Persia, Samaria and Susa.

Assyria · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)
Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky
Beyond the River · Bazminbaz
Elam · Carole Raddato

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