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Ezra 6:13

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Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and their companions, because that Darius the king had sent, did accordingly with all diligence.

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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 6:13 concerns Jerusalem, where the temple was rebuilt under Persian authorization; the wider terms Babylon/Babylonia, Assyria, Media, Persia, and Beyond the River identify the successive imperial world surrounding Judah. Ecbatana and the Euphrates region belong to the Persian administrative setting in which Darius’s decree was enforced.

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Ezra 6:13 mentions Assyria, Babylon, Babylonia, Beyond the River, Ecbatana, Euphrates, Jerusalem, Media and Persia.

Assyria · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)
Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky
Babylonia · Radomir Vrbovsky
Beyond the River · Bazminbaz

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