Ezra 5:16

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Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now has it been in building, and yet it is not completed.

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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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Babylon in Babylonia was the imperial center from which Sheshbazzar was sent after Persia conquered Babylon. “Beyond the River” meant the Persian province west of the Euphrates, including Judea and Jerusalem, where he laid the temple foundations but did not complete the rebuilding.

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Ezra 5:16 mentions Babylon, Babylonia, Beyond the River, Euphrates, Jerusalem and Judea.

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

Photo of Babylonia — Babylonia · Radomir Vrbovsky

Photo of Beyond the River — Beyond the River · Bazminbaz