Ezra 5:17

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Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure-house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.

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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 5:17 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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