Ezra 4:23

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Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.

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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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Ezra 4:23 mentions Assyria, Babylon, Beyond the River, Elam, Erech, Jerusalem, Persia, Samaria and Susa.

Photo of Assyria — Assyria · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

Photo of Beyond the River — Beyond the River · Bazminbaz