Ezra 5:13-15

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[13] But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God. [14] The gold and silver vessels also of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor; [15] and he said to him, Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in its place.

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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 5:13-15 mentions Babylon, Babylonia, Beyond the River, Euphrates, Jerusalem and Judea.

Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky
Babylonia · Radomir Vrbovsky
Beyond the River · Bazminbaz
Euphrates · Ferrus

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