Ezra 4:7

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In the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian [character], and set forth in the Syrian [language].

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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 4:7 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

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