Ezra 6:2

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There was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a scroll, and therein was thus written for a record:

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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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Ecbatana was a royal fortress-city in Media, east of Babylonia and the Euphrates, within the Persian Empire; it was where Darius’s officials found Cyrus’s decree concerning Jerusalem. Babylon, Assyria, and “Beyond the River” denote imperial regions whose archives and authority affected the rebuilding of Jerusalem’s temple.

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Ezra 6:2 mentions Assyria, Babylon, Babylonia, Beyond the River, Ecbatana, Euphrates, Jerusalem, Media and Persia.

Photo of Assyria — Assyria · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

Photo of Babylonia — Babylonia · Radomir Vrbovsky

Photo of Beyond the River — Beyond the River · Bazminbaz