Ezra 5:2

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Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, helping them.

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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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Jerusalem in Judea was the site of the restored temple, whose rebuilding Zerubbabel and Jeshua resumed under prophetic encouragement. The project concerned Persian officials because Judea lay in the imperial province “Beyond the River,” west of the Euphrates, while the returned exiles had come from Babylon/Babylonia.

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Ezra 5:2 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