Ezra 4:3

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But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' [houses] of Israel, said to them, You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to Yahweh, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.

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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 4:3 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