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Ezra 7:1

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Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

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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 former imperial center from which many Judeans had been exiled; by Ezra’s day it belonged to Persia. “Beyond the River” refers to the Persian province west of the Euphrates, including Jerusalem, where Ezra would serve in restoring faithful worship and instruction.

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Ezra 7:1 mentions Babylon, Babylonia, Beyond the River, Jerusalem and Persia.

Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky
Babylonia · Radomir Vrbovsky
Beyond the River · Bazminbaz
Jerusalem · Godot13

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